In Buenos Aires solicitors are first to accident scenes to get insurance details and rip off victims in claiming their compensation. These are the vultures or Caranchos.
Following one of these vultures as he despairs of his life and tries to break free we meet an ambulance driver training to be a doctor and take a fairly depressing trip through the corruption, backhanders, favours and extortion that are part of the everyday in Argentina.
It's an interesting subject but the film doesn't quite seem to nail the message it wants to put across. This is in large part due to a huge shift in tone half way through the film as it leaves slow burning political drama behind and takes on high violence gangland drama instead. Both parts work well on their own but don't gel properly leaving a feeling you haven't quite seen the film anyone was aiming for.
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