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Spanish | La extorsión |
Directed by | Martino Zaidelis |
Screenplay by | Emanuel Diez |
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Cinematography | Lucio Bonelli |
Edited by | Ariel Frajnd |
Music by | Pablo Borghi |
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Country | Argentina |
Language | Spanish |
The Extortion[1] (Spanish: La extorsión) is a 2023 Argentine thriller film directed by Martino Zaidelis from a screenplay by Emanuel Diez which stars Guillermo Francella alongside Pablo Rago and Andrea Frigerio.
Veteran aircraft pilot Alejandro Petrossián, close to retirement, is blackmailed by the secret services after a manipulated medical test covering up Petrossián's partial hearing loss is leaked, thereby becoming a sort of courier in between the airports of Ezeiza and Barajas.[2][3][4]
The screenplay was penned by Emanuel Diez.[5] The film is a 100 Bares, Cimarrón Cine, Infinity Hill, and Particular Crowd production.[5] It was shot on location at the Ezeiza and Barajas airports.[6]
The film was released theatrically in Argentina on 6 April 2023.[7] It was the 2nd-most watched Argentine film in 2023 at the domestic box office, with 528,762 admissions.[8]