Death in Buenos Aires (2014)

Death in Buenos Aires (Spanish: Muerte en Buenos Aires) is a 2014 Argentine crime film that is the directorial debut of Natalia Meta. The film stars Demián Bichir as Chávez, a police inspector struggling to balance his duties with his unspoken sexual desire, and Chino Darín as Gómez, a young and handsome rookie on the police force with enigmatic motivations.

Set in 1989, the film was shot entirely in Buenos Aires during the months of January and February 2013.

Synopsis

Inspector Chávez (Demián Bichir), a detective on the Buenos Aires police force, and his partner Dolores (Mónica Antonópulos) are called one summer night to the Recoleta residence of Jaime Figueroa Alcorta (Martín Wullich), a wealthy older gay member of Buenos Aires high society. At the scene, Chávez meets the young officer Gómez (Chino Darín), who says that he found Alcorta's body after investigating a noise complaint and who has been examining the dead man's possessions. The next day, the two men encounter each other in the police station restroom, where Gómez shows Chávez a matchbook from the gay nightclub Manila that he accidentally took from the crime scene.

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