The Delinquents

2023 190 min ★ 6.4 Drama, Comedy, Crime

Morán works as a clerk in a bank in Buenos Aires. He is as good as invisible to his colleagues. Over dinner with his colleague Román, Morán tells him that he stole exactly $650,000, which is exactly double what he would have made until his retirement. He plans to turn himself in, but not before offering Román to split the money if agrees to hide it for the duration of his incarceration.

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Cast

Daniel Elías

Morán

Esteban Bigliardi

Román

Margarita Molfino

Norma

Germán de Silva

Del Toro / Garrincha

Laura Paredes

Laura Ortega

Mariana Chaud

Marianela

Gabriela Saidón

Flor

Cecilia Rainero

Morna

Lalo Rotaveria

Isnardi

Javier Zoro

Ramon

Details

Director

Rodrigo Moreno

Tagline

"Steal back your life."

Status

Released

Original Language

ES

Revenue

$51,000

Production

Wanka Cine, Rizoma Films, Jaque Content, Compañia Amateur, Sancho & Punta, Jirafa, Les Films Fauves, Cine Argentino

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

March 29, 2024

★ 6/10

"Morán" (Daniel Elías) concludes that his dreary drudge at the bank over the next 25 years is only going to earn him $325k so rather than slug it out, he decides to pinch double that then ask his unwitting colleague "Román" (Esteban Bigliardi) to hide the cash whilst he does his prison sentence. That way, they can both enjoy a pleasant early retirement. The theft all goes remarkably easily and bef...

B

badelf

January 27, 2026

★ 9/10

(long, maybe spoilers) What does freedom cost when you're trapped in the concrete jungle of late capitalism, shuffling papers in a bank while others profit from your labor? Rodrigo Moreno's Los Delincuentes poses this question through what appears to be a heist film, though calling it that is like calling 2001: A Space Odyssey a movie about astronauts. This is a meditation disguised as a crime st...