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| Director: | Martino Zaidelis | ||
| Screenplay: | Emanuel Diez | ||
| Cinematography: | Lucio Bonelli | ||
| Editing: | Ariel Frajnd | ||
| Music: | Pablo Borghi | ||
| Country: | Argentina | ||
| Language: | Spanish |
The Extortion[1] (es|'''La extorsión'''|links=no) is a 2023 Argentine thriller film directed by from a screenplay by Emanuel Diez which stars Guillermo Francella alongside Pablo Rago and Andrea Frigerio.
Veteran aircraft pilot Alejandro Petrossián, close to retirement, is blackmailed by the secret services after a manipulated medical test covering up Petrossián's partial hearing loss is leaked, thereby becoming a sort of courier in between the airports of Ezeiza and Barajas.[2] [3]
The screenplay was penned by Emanuel Diez. The film is a 100 Bares, Cimarrón Cine, Infinity Hill, and Particular Crowd production.[4] It was shot on location at the Ezeiza and Barajas airports.[5]
The film was released theatrically in Argentina on 6 April 2023.[6] It was the 2nd-most watched Argentine film in 2023 at the domestic box office, with 528,762 admissions.[7]
|-| rowspan = "4" | || rowspan = "4" | 18th Sur Awards || Best Supporting Actor || Pablo Rago || || rowspan = "4" | |-| Best Original Score || Pablo Borghi || |-| Best Editing || Ariel Frajnd || |-| Best Sound || Gonzalo Matijas, Rubén Piputto, Matías Vilaro || |}