El bonaerense

El bonaerense is a 2000 drama film directed and produced by Pablo Trapero. The screenplay was a joint effort of Nicolas Gueilburt, Ricardo Ragendorfer, Dodi Shoeuer, Pablo Trapero, and actor Daniel Valenzuela, and partly funded by INCAA. It stars Jorge Román, Mimí Ardú, among others. The movie deals with the corruption of the Bonaerense Police in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and the lives of those involved in it. Plot Zapa is a locksmith apprentice living a simple life in Corrientes with his family. After the locksmith Polaco breaks open a safe and uses him as a scapegoat, Zapa is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the Buenos Aires police jail, which is pictured as notoriously corrupt. This takes him to the La Matanza barrio in Greater Buenos Aires. Here, Zapa is taken in as the protégé of his superior Gallo and begins to climb the ladder of corruption. At the same time he has an affair with instructor Mabel. His journey through the political underworld as he frames and bribes ultimately takes him to the edge of innocence, and a final confrontation with Polaco. Cast Jorge Román as Zapa Mimí Ardú as Mabel Darío Levy as Gallo Víctor Hugo Carrizo as Molinari Hugo Anganuzzi as Polaco Graciana Chironi as Zapa's Mother Luis Viscat as Pellegrino Roberto Posse as Ismael Aníbal Barengo as Caneva Lucas Olivera as Abdala Gastón Polo as Lanza Jorge Luis Giménez as Berti