Wild Tales
Short description
Wild Tales is an Argentine anthology film made up of six separate stories linked by a common theme: ordinary people pushed past their limits who lash out when they feel wronged. A plane full of passengers discovers an unsettling connection between them. A waitress recognises a customer from her past and considers what revenge might look like. A road dispute between two drivers escalates far beyond a simple argument. A man takes on the authorities over an unjust fine, a wealthy family scrambles to contain the consequences of a hit-and-run, and a wedding celebration descends into chaos after a revelation. The film moves between comedy, drama and thriller as each episode follows its characters across the line between civilised behaviour and something more primal.
Damián Szifron wrote and directed the film, his second feature as director and the first of the two titles in his filmography. It was produced by Esther García and Agustín and Pedro Almodóvar. The cast includes Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Érica Rivas, Oscar Martínez, Rita Cortese and Julieta Zylberberg, with 62 credited cast members and 108 credited crew.
Made for about 3 million US dollars, the film went on to earn roughly 31 million worldwide, a substantial return. On IMDb it holds 8.1 out of 10 from around 237,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.9 out of 10 from about 3,900 votes. A critics' rating of 8.1 from 156 reviews places it in line with the audience response.
What's left behind the scenes
- When the Audi driver takes tools out of the trunk to change a tire, reflections of two crew members can be seen in the left brake light.
- When the Audi driver is jostled by the seatbelt — you can notice that he is wearing knee pads.
- When the Peugeot driver, trying to get out of the overturned car, kicks out the rear door window, it doesn't shatter into pieces, but breaks like ordinary glass. In the next frame, the window is whole.
- In the computer game This Is The Police, one of the police calls contains a reference to the 'Strongest' story from this film. The call repeats the main elements of the plot, however, the setting and the ending differ significantly: in the game, the action takes place in the forested areas of North America, and the incident does not end with the death of both participants.
- As stated on screen, the bridge in the film “The Strongest” is located at the 60th kilometer of the road between Cafayate and Salta. Now this place attracts many tourists. It can be found at coordinates (25°43'50.4"S 65°41'48.5"W).
- The seventh Argentine film nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category, and the third in a row starring Ricardo Darín. The first two nominated films starring this actor were “The Son of the Bride” by Juan José Campanella (2001) and “The Secret in Their Eyes” by the same director (2009).
- During the opening credits, a photograph of an animal is shown next to the name of each member of the main cast and crew. In the case of director Damián Szifron, it’s a fox. The director later revealed that he chose this animal because his father adored foxes and never missed a documentary about them. He also admitted that he identifies with this animal, especially its gaze, because a director has “no business” being on set without a stern look.
- The original screenplay for the film was 84 pages long, and the plots of the stories were presented in a different order. There was also a seventh story called “Bonus”.
- Damián Szifron, the screenwriter and director of the film, wrote the plots for many of the stories featured in the film while lying in the bathtub. “It’s a great place to write,” he later said. While working on the script in the bathtub, he sometimes lit candles and had a drink.
- One of the best films of 2014 according to Time magazine.
- In the story 'Pasternak,' a passenger sleeping in the seat in the same row as the music critic never wakes up until the very end.
- The story 'Little Bomb' uses music from the television program 'Children's Health,' hosted by Mario Sokolinsky (1942-2007). It is the composition 'Aire Libre' (1973) by Drafi Deutscher and Günther Bayer performed by Lucien Belmont.
- When the character 'Gabriel Pasternak' is first mentioned in the story 'Pasternak,' this character emerges from behind a curtain at the back of the airplane cabin with a cup of coffee in his hand. He walks past the model and the music critic and goes into the cockpit. Later, a flight attendant starts a conversation about this character.
- In the pastry shop that Simon enters in the story 'Little Bomb,' a wedding cake from the story 'Till Death Do Us Part' is on display.
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