Spanish neo-noir so gritty you'll need a shower after — Landa's broken detective hits different.
Private detective Germán Areta el Piojo gets a terminally ill client who wishes to see his long lost, runaway daughter before he dies.
Acting
Landa's transformation from comic star to hollow-eyed wreck is devastating.
Cinematography
Madrid's underbelly shot like a fever dream of wet streets and dead dreams.
Direction
Garci builds dread through silence, not shocks — patience as weapon.
Director
José Luis Garci
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