NO RETURN

• Leonardo Sbaraglia
• Barbara Goenaga
• Federico Luppi
• Martom Slipak

The debut film of director Miguel Cohan (from Buenos Aires) was the overwhelming winner at the Seminci (2010) in Valladolid, where it fetched the Golden Spike, the Fipresci Award, and the Pilar Miró Award for Best New Director. Its merits? Combining a thriller, at an ever-increasing pace, and social drama, along with an open, very serious criticism of media and political manipulations within the judicial system. Everything revolves around a man who demands that the driver who fatally hit his son be held accountable for his crime. Amid mounting social pressure, an innocent person ends up on the defendant’s bench. Actors Federico Luppi and Leonardo Sbaraglia perform superbly in this movie, as they always do.

A young boy is killed in a hit and run accident. The driver leaves no trail but the victim’s father, helped by the media, won´t rest until he is found and brought to justice. However, a series of unfortunate events and a justice system contaminated by public opinion, lead an innocent man to be accused. Caught in a web spun by fate and desperate decisions, these men must face guilt, responsibility and a deep need for redemption, in aspiral with no return.