Following the success of their feature debut Jennifer’s Shadow (2004) – an exercise in American Gothic set in a scary land called Argentina – Pablo Parés and Daniel de la Vega worked for a US company on a post-mega-disaster wasteland zombie film in which South America had been turned into an all-purpose, all-materials junkyard, with the undead as the last humane entities around (forget about the humans here!).　　The project never materialised, but Diego Parés, Pablo’s brother, started to write and draw a comic series based on the screenplay – which so far remains a ruin, as only parts were finished and published. The ECish beauty and balls of Diego P.’s labour of love have now been congenially transformed by the directorial duo into a delightfully old-(1970s)school low-budget production, closer to Romero and Dante than Fulci and Lenzi. And the IFFR audience is in for the treat of treats they get to see the film and can also enjoy the unfinished comic in an exhibition.

《犯罪家族》是一部2015年上映的犯罪惊悚类型电影，影片由帕布罗·查比罗执导，古勒莫·法兰塞拉、莉莉·波波维奇、Peter Lanzani等共同出演。该片基取材于真实故事，讲述了生活在80年代阿根廷的帕西奥一家，通过绑架邻居索取赎金，并残忍撕票的故事。 [1]  该片于2015年9月，获第40届多伦多电影节站台单元荣誉奖。 [2]影片根据一个真实的故事改编——普奇奥家族。这个富裕的布宜诺斯艾利斯家族索取赎金，杀人赚钱。根据阿根廷犯罪史上一次可怕的事件，电影剖析了罪恶的道德模糊性和平凡性。《犯罪家族》改编自普茨奥·卡兰家族的真人真事，讲述普茨奥家族在上世纪八十年代通过绑架、谋杀榨取钱财的故事。1982年到1985年，普茨奥家族屡次犯案，家族的家长Arquímides（古勒莫·法兰塞拉饰）正是这个犯罪团伙的首脑。 [3]  Arquímides是个无情专制又利欲熏心的“家长”，虚伪而又残酷无情，以他为首绑架团伙犯案四起，谋杀多人，但是最后难逃正义的审判，影片的结尾，大儿子Alex（Peter Lanzani饰）临上审判庭的那一刻，忽然甩开警察，跳楼自杀。