A Common Crime

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A Common Crime

2020

1h 36m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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8 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A sociology professor is haunted by the ghost of her maid's murdered son.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

A smart piece of work.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 6, 2021

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

Directed with stylistic canniness and empathetic insight, the film features a superb, elusive, genuinely unnerving performance by Elisa Carricajo, and it should cause ripples with outlets that follow new Latin American cinema at its most searching.

Feb 27, 2020

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Serena Seghedoni

Loud and Clear Reviews

A Common Crime (Un Crimen Común) explores the evils of contemporary Argentina through the eyes of a guilt-ridden middle-class woman.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 22, 2023

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

A psychological thriller about the role of an ordinary citizen in a corrupt society. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Oct 4, 2022

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

It's more a psychodrama than anything else, and Elisa Carricajo's performance as the increasingly tormented academic turns out to be its main strength.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 17, 2021

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Shot with an eerie calmness, this understated Argentine drama quietly shifts into gnawing, internalised horror.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 16, 2021

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maureen f

A slow burn but an intimate study of mental illness and guilt. The back story implies police brutality and an unequal society in Argentina which is viewed solely through the eyes of the protagonist.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Francisco Márquez

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Elisa Carricajo

Cecilia

Mecha Martinez

Nebe

Eliot Otazo

Kevin

Ciro Coien Pardo

Juan

Cecilia Rainero

Claudia

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Synopsis

A sociology professor is haunted by the ghost of her maid's murdered son.

Director: Francisco Márquez
Producer: Luciana Piantanida, Andrea Testa
Screenwriter: Tomás Downey, Francisco Márquez
Production Co: Bord Cadre Films, Pensar con las Manos
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital