怪奇小鎮賠不賠（烏拉圭/阿根廷/巴西/2021/喜劇/驚悚）
THE BROKEN GLASS THEORY (URUGUAY/ARGENTINA/BRAZIL/2021/COMEDY/THRILLER)
LA TEORÍA DE LOS VIDRIOS ROTOS
語言：西班牙語、英語
Language: Spanish, English
劇介
在這部黑色喜劇中，一位事業正要起飛的保險員發現自己陷入了一場永無休止的惡夢，他必須耐心與客戶溝通，並在有限的時間內找出連環縱火犯的身份。
劇介
Claudio前往離首都很遠的小鎮的出任保險員。這似乎是一份簡單的工作，但他到達之後，面臨了該鎮有史以來最嚴重的汽車連環縱火案，Claudio被客戶逼著要查明幕後黑手。
導演：迪亞哥費南德茲
編劇：迪亞哥費南德茲，魯道夫桑托羅
製片：米凱拉索雷，迪亞哥費南德茲，艾雷泰雅索倫克，璜帕布羅米勒
製作公司：Parking Films
演員：荷黑坦波尼，卡洛斯佛拉斯卡，馬丁史利帕克，吉耶莫艾倫戈，西薩特倫科索，何塞菲娜特里亞斯，薇若妮卡佩羅塔，何瑞修卡曼杜勒，羅貝托布林德利
影評：
• 《怪奇小鎮賠不賠》：一部描述烏拉圭偏遠小鎮的陰謀喜劇。
• 本片是烏拉圭導演兼製片迪亞哥費南德茲的第二部劇情片。他在2014年推出公路電影《El Rincón de Darwin》，贏得多個國際影展的讚譽，在馬拉加電影節的Territorio Latinoamericano單元獲得了評審團特別獎和最佳拉丁美洲男主角獎（卡洛斯佛拉斯卡）……
⋯⋯本片靈感來自真實事件，以烏拉圭為背景的《怪奇小鎮賠不賠》描述保險員Claudio的故事，他剛剛升遷到距離首都有一段距離的偏遠小鎮。看似簡單的工作，卻佔據了他的所有時間，甚至影響到與妻子Lucía在一起的重要時刻……
…這部黑色喜劇代表烏拉圭角逐奧斯卡，本片維持了此類敘事輕鬆俏皮的一面，而非《The Wicker Man》或《Wake in Fright》這樣的黑暗驚悚片。
• 另類又可愛的《怪奇小鎮賠不賠》代表烏拉圭角逐第94屆奧斯卡獎最佳外語片。
• 本片原文標題意思是「破窗效應」，意思是一旦一個社區經歷暴力或犯罪，同樣事件就會蔓延到以前沒有出事的社區，這就是為什麼Claudio認為汽車縱火案不僅僅是三個青少年惡作劇而已……
⋯⋯《怪奇小鎮賠不賠》是一部有趣的喜劇，其中一個亮點是配樂，多首歌曲乍聽之下為傳統民謠，但實際上是評論情節和人物的幽默諷刺歌曲。這些歌曲由Gonzalo Deniz作曲，Humberto De Vargas演唱。
Synopsis
In this pitch black comedy, an on-the-rise insurance expert finds himself in a never-ending nightmare as he races against the clock, and his clients’ patience, to discover the identity of a serial arsonist.
Synopsis
Claudio is the new insurance expert in a small town far from the capital. It seems like a simple job, but when he arrives, he is faced with the worst series of intentional car fires the town had ever seen. Cornered by clients, Claudio must discover what and who is behind the attacks.
Director: Diego Fernández
Writers: Diego Fernández, Rodolfo Santullo
Producers: Micaela Solé, Diego Fernández Pujol, Aletéia Selonk, Juan Pablo Miller
Production Co: Parking Films
Cast: Jorge Temponi, Carlos Frasca, Martín Slipak, Guillermo Arengo, César Troncoso, Josefina Trías, Verónica Perrotta, Horacio Camandulle, Roberto Brindelli.
Reviews:
• ‘Broken Glass Theory’ Review: Comic Intrigue in an Uruguayan Backwater.
• The film marks Uruguayan director-producer Diego Fernández Pujol’s sophomore feature. His 2014 road-movie “El Rincón de Darwin” won several international festivals plaudits, taking in the Special Jury Prize and best Latin American actor (Carlos Frasca) at the Malaga Film Festival’s Territorio Latinoamericano sidebar…
…Inspired in real-life events, Uruguay-set “La teoría de los vidrios rotos” tells the story of Claudio, an on-the-rise insurance expert that has just been promoted to a small town far from the capital. What seems like a simple job monopolizes his attention and even leads him to neglect a very relevant moment with his wife Lucía…
…Billed as a black comedy, Uruguay’s Oscar submission feature stays on the breezier side of that description, bringing a playfully light touch to a fish-out-of-water tale that might have gone as dark as something like “The Wicker Man” or “Wake in Fright.”
• Offbeat and endearing, THE BROKEN GLASS THEORY was the Uruguayan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.
• The title comes from a theory that once a neighbourhood experiences violence or crime, the violence and crime spread, even in a neighbourhood previously free of crime, which is why Claudio concludes that there is more to the car burnings than just the three teenage boys...
…The Broken Glass Theory is an entertaining comedy. One of the highlights is the soundtrack, which includes a series of mock ballads which at first appear to be traditional, but are actually humorous commentaries on the plot and its characters. The songs were composed by Gonzalo Deniz and performed by Humberto De Vargas.
