The first thing one notices about “Azor” is how real it feels: the entitlement, the encyclopedic knowledge of “good” families, the multilingual fluency, the bonhomie of power. The main characters are ...
In the sly new finance movie “Azor,” a Swiss banker named Yvan de Wiel is visiting Argentina in 1980 on business, but the military dictatorship’s “dirty war” against its political opponents keeps ...
International sales agent Be For Films has given Variety exclusive access to the international trailer for Andreas Fontana’s first feature “Azor,” selected for this year’s Encounters section at the ...
Andreas Fontana’s feature debut captures the chilling effects of authoritarianism. “Show, don’t tell,” says conventional wisdom. “Conceal, conceal, conceal” responds director Andreas Fontana, whose ...
In this low-key shocker set in Argentina in 1980, a Swiss banker travels through a world that he doesn’t seem to know is ablaze. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...