In the mad rush of the 2018 Toronto Film Festival what stood out about Benjamín Naishtat’s political thriller Rojo were the stripped-down style and economy of its storytelling, so in tune with the portrait of an Argentina soon to become the land of “The Disappeared.” Beginning with a chillingly familiar encounter — a dispute among diners over a table at a restaurant – the film follows the ripple effects of the incident, building suspense and deftly laying bare the vulnerability of citizens at every level of society to the coming tidal wave of fascism. – Kathy Bonomi, Programmer

In the mid-seventies, a strange man arrives in a quiet provincial city. In a restaurant, without any apparent reason, he starts insulting Claudio, a renowned lawyer. The community supports the lawyer and the stranger is humiliated and thrown out of the place. Later that night the stranger, who is determined to wreak a terrible vengeance, intercepts Claudio and his wife Susana. The lawyer then takes a path of no return involving death, secrets and silences.