“Until when is it possible to exploit a man?”
This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in broad daylight. Hermógenes, a farmhand from northern Argentina, relocates to Buenos Aires in search of a better life for himself and his young wife, but soon finds himself at the mercy of a corrupt boss. The film is based on a thorough investigation of a real event that happened in Buenos Aires 10 years ago. Almost every scene in the film is inspired by real facts or based on well documented daily practices of the “meat business” and its environment. Both a shocking exposé of unscrupulous practices in the meat industry and a heart-wrenching personal story, El Patrón became one of the most successful Argentine films of 2014.
Status
Released
Original Language
ES
Armando
Built against all the aesthetic canons of its time and inaugurated in 1923, the emblematic Buenos Aires building "Palacio Barolo" was commissioned by the Italian businessman Luis Barolo to a compatriot, the architect Mario Palanti, who would later build a "twin tower" on the other side of the Plata: the Palacio Salvo in Montevideo.
