Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 49 wins & 58 nominations total
María Laura Caccamo
- Empleada Aerolínea (segment "Pasternak")
- (as Laura Cáccamo)
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- TriviaThe film's original screenplay is 84 pages long and some of the six tales are featured in different order. It also includes a seventh tale, pretty much shorter than the other ones, called Bonus Track.
- GoofsWhen Diego crashes his car, the airbags deploy and stay inflated. In an actual crash, airbags deploy instantly and then immediately deflate.
- Crazy creditsIn the opening credits of the film, each actor is identified and accompanied by the image of a wild animal. In the case of the director (Szifrón), he chose a fox, the reason is not only because he is red haired: "The fox was an animal that my dad really liked, he always saw foxes documentaries, I think that's why I chose it..."
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Oscars (2015)
- SoundtracksLove Theme From Flashdance
Music by Giorgio Moroder
Performed by Helen St. John
© Copyright by Intersong.USA, Inc. / Famous Music Corp.
Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Corporation
Featured review
Forget Wild, These Tales Are Savage!
This is a very watchable and often extremely funny anthology of six short films. The dialogue is in Spanish, the director and settings are Argentine. The stories are all slightly-over-the-top-realism in the manner of Almodóvar tinged with the dark surrealism of the Buñuel of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. The scenarios are graphic rather than subtle, but they all work well most of the time, because most of us can identify with the main characters, recognizing how little it can take to shake us from complacency into violence.
The official English title "Wild Tales" suggests madcap craziness. But these tales are savage ("selvaje" in the original Spanish), a word that better suggests the ferocious beast lurking not far under the skin of all of us. The beast can be unchained by nothing more complicated than being cut off by a driver who doesn't signal or finding that our car has been impounded for an unwitting parking infraction.
In the first and shortest episode, what appears to be an absurd series of coincidences linking all the passengers on a plane turns out to have a logical and sinister rationale. The ending explains why in the opening scene the woman checking in at the airport is told that she will not earn frequent flyer points for her trip! And the final, longest episode hilariously tracks the chaotic degeneration of a stereotypical Jewish wedding party, initiated by the bride's discovery that the groom has been cheating on her with one of the guests. This is not a film for young children or for people who aren't willing to admit how close they sometimes are to dissolving in animal rage.
The official English title "Wild Tales" suggests madcap craziness. But these tales are savage ("selvaje" in the original Spanish), a word that better suggests the ferocious beast lurking not far under the skin of all of us. The beast can be unchained by nothing more complicated than being cut off by a driver who doesn't signal or finding that our car has been impounded for an unwitting parking infraction.
In the first and shortest episode, what appears to be an absurd series of coincidences linking all the passengers on a plane turns out to have a logical and sinister rationale. The ending explains why in the opening scene the woman checking in at the airport is told that she will not earn frequent flyer points for her trip! And the final, longest episode hilariously tracks the chaotic degeneration of a stereotypical Jewish wedding party, initiated by the bride's discovery that the groom has been cheating on her with one of the guests. This is not a film for young children or for people who aren't willing to admit how close they sometimes are to dissolving in animal rage.
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- nicholasruddick
- Aug 29, 2016
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- Pasternak
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- Budget
- $3,300,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,106,530
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $85,100
- Feb 22, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $31,478,893
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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