What is the Argentine film based on a curious real case about?

Netflix premiere 27 nightsone of the most anticipated films of this second half of the year. After passing through the San Sebastián Festival, the Argentine film directed and starring Daniel Hendler It is now available for streaming and is receiving very positive reviews.

What is it about? 27 nights

The synopsis reads:

“Martha Hoffman, an eccentric and wealthy 83-year-old patron, is admitted to a psychiatric clinic at the request of her daughters, who claim that she suffers from dementia. Judicial expert Casares investigates whether Martha is really sick or if she has simply chosen to live her last years with absolute freedom, while questioning whether the hospitalization is an act of protection or an attempt to control her fortune.”

Who acts in the Argentine film

• Marilu Marini (Those who love hate, The imposter) as Martha Hoffman.
• Daniel Hendler (The paranoid, The candidate) like the expert Casares.
• Humberto Tortonese (Death in Buenos Aires).
• Julieta Zylberberg (recreation, The holy girl).
• Paula Grinszpan (black widows, wild tales).
• Carla Peterson (The Eternaluta, 2+2).

The true story that inspired the film

The film, which also featured the participation of Mariano Llinas in the script, it is based on the psychoanalyst’s book of the same name Natalia Zitain turn inspired by a true story. The protagonist of the true case is Natalia Kohen, who died in 2022 at the age of 103 and whose case was resonant because her daughters admitted her to a psychiatric hospital for 27 days when they considered that she was wasting money.

“Facundo Manes made a diagnosis. The judge summoned the Forensic Medical Corps, which was joined by more than eleven experts, and they all agreed that the lady had dementia in nascendi status, accepting the diagnosis as true. The Justice Department definitively dismissed it, making it clear that their actions were correct,” they explained from the medical body that intervened, as reported by TN.

What do they say reviews

This dramatic film, with thriller overtones, is receiving very positive reviews. From OtroCines they describe it as “a story full of nuances, drifts and surprises, for a film that gains interest as it progresses“El Periódico did not show the same enthusiasm when pointing out: “It is an undoubtedly affable film, but, yes, more suitable to be seen in the living room at home at nap time than to serve as an inaugural film and aspire to an award at a festival of international prestige.”

MicropsiaCine, on the other hand, puts the focus on the actors: “It is Marilú Marini’s performance that takes the film to another dimension“. For Diario ABC, it is “a fun eulogy to old age and money (…) A film overflowing with grace and energy, with a lot of intention and desire to connect, interest and entertain the public.” Finally, Screendaily states that, “Despite its generic nature, Hendler’s relaxed personal touch should appeal to streaming audiences in Spanish-speaking territories and perhaps beyond.“.

Watch the trailer of 27 nights.