Carancho

Pablo Trapero : 2010
The Vulture

Every year more than 8,000 deaths and 120,000 injuries are caused by road accidents in Argentina. The millions of pesos that are needed by the victims and their families to cope with medical and legal costs represent a huge market, and each of these unfortunate incidents could bring with it a business opportunity. Sosa is a lawyer who specialises in road accidents. He is about to recover his practising licence. He scours the accident and emergency wings of hospitals, the emergency services and the police stations, seeking clients. He now works for a foundation that supposedly aids the victims but, in fact, is the front for a shady law firm. Sosa procures the clients, the witnesses, the adjusters' reports. He deals with the police, the judges and the insurers. Luján is a young doctor, a newcomer to the city. She works all hours, in several places, ambulances, accident and emergency wings, emergency services. She works alone, tirelessly, she hardly has time to sleep. She finds herself in a world that is alien to her. This love story begins the night Luján and Sosa meet, on the street. She is fighting to save the victim's life. He wants the victim to be his client. Together they will try to change the course of their lives, but Sosa's turbulent past will come up against them.