Rancho
(Rancho)
Pedro Speroni | Documentary
2021 | 70 minutes | Argentina
Set in an Argentine maximum security prison, Rancho offers testimony of the moments that build a chorus of characters, united by the prison as well as their violent upbringings.
Synopsis
In a maximum-security prison in Argentina, a boxer doggedly seeks his freedom. A group of guys dreams of one day making their millions. A young man comes in for killing his stepfather. The leader of the place has been sitting there for 30 years. Throughout, the same word is repeated: ‘rancho’, used with liberating flexibility. You call your friend ‘rancho’, you ‘ranch’ together.
Pedro Speroni’s prison portrait is a highly concentrated one, built entirely from the moments these men share while incarcerated. Their exchanges are intense: they joke about muggings, and about beating people to a pulp; they jostle and spar; they confide in quiet moments. Society puts up barriers that these men bounce against like balls in a pinball machine, all ending, ultimately, in the same place. What they create there together is their own kind of utopia: a closed environment with rules and norms of their own making.
Reviews
“Speroni's film has a very different vibe from many prison documentaries, which often focus on the brutality and hopelessness of the situation. He, instead, captures a camaraderie which has morphed into something more positive in prison.” – Amber Wilkinson, Eye For Film
Citation
Main credits
Speroni, Pedro (film director)
Speroni, Pedro (screenwriter)
Speroni, Pedro (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Pedro Speroni, Santiago Tróccoli; editing, Miguel Colombo.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Communication + Journalism
Criminal Justice
Human Rights
Latin American Studies
Sociology
South America
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
BAFICI - Gong Award for Best First Feature Film; Entreveus Belfort - Audience Award; SHEFFIELD Documentary Festival; Guadalajara International Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Pedro Speroni
NATIONALITY: Argentina
YEAR: 2021
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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