![]() ![]() ![]() His victims include the recently fired José (Óscar de la Fuente), who has decided to stage a one-man protest in front of the factory gates, as well as countless female interns who have clearly been hired for their looks - a fact the director harps on a little too eagerly.īlanco is forever preaching a strong, moral work ethic to his employees - the words “Effort, Equilibrium, Loyalty” are painted in red on the warehouse walls like agitprop for the capitalist patriarchy - but he’s willing to stomp over anyone to remain a power player in the minor world of perfectly calibrated measuring devices. As the heir to his father’s medium-size business, Básculas Blanco, one of Spain’s leading manufacturers of professional-grade scales, Blanco rules over his staff with a seduce-and-destroy mentality, wheeling them in with his fatherly ways and then casting them off when they no longer serve his needs. ![]() Venue: San Sebastian Film Festival (Competition)Ĭast: Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Óscar de la Fuente, Tarik Rmiliĭirector-screenwriter: Fernando León de Aranoaīardem plays Blanco, another ironic name given that his character is anything but pristine. ![]()
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