SILVER

Decades after Magallanes (Damián Alcázar) served in the army under the deranged Colonel Rivero (Federico Luppi), he chauffeurs the now-frail war criminal around Lima in his taxi. When he crosses paths with Celina (Magaly Solier, THE MILK OF SORROW), a former sex slave of the colonel, he's inspired to atone for his own past indiscretions and seek revenge against the colonel. This feature filmmaking debut of actor Salvador del Solar (THE VANISHED ELEPHANT) is a gripping thriller, capturing one man's struggle to come to terms with the troubled past — his own and his country's. Official Selection, 2015 Toronto, San Sebastián and Chicago film festivals. DIR/SCR/PROD Salvador del Solar, from the novel "La Pasajera" by Alonso Cueto; PROD Amador del Solar. Peru/Argentina/Spain, 2015, color, 109 min, DCP. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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