4x4 (2019 film)

Ciro (Peter Lanzani) is walking in a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires when he sees a car that gets his interest. He breaks into it and takes the stereo. When he tries to get out, however, he can't open the doors. The owner of the car (Dady Brieva) calls and when Ciro picks up the call, he tells him that the security system that cuts the electric power within the car got triggered and that the car is completely blinded, soundproofed and polarized; so no one will hear or see him crying for help and has no water nor food.

• Peter Lanzani as Ciro,[2] a low class thug that breaks in into a 4x4 truck
• Dady Brieva as Enrique Ferrari,[2] a high-class terminally ill obstetrician who was the victim of several criminal acts and owner of the truck Ciro breaks into
• Luis Brandoni as a police mediator[2]
• Noelia Castaño
• Gustavo Rodríguez

The development of the film began when Cohn was watching TV and found a news about a thief that got trapped in a car he tried to steal in Brazil,[1][3] and later in Córdoba, Argentina to Roberto Desumvila.[4][5] The producer and the director looked forward to spark debate about insecurity and its victims and criminals.[1][6] Cohn and Lanzani deliberately aimed to avoid depicting Ciro as a stereotypical pibe chorro.[7][8] As per usual in their filmography, Duprat and Cohn read the script with people they knew were alien to the film industry for output.[8]

The film was shot in 22 days in a single set at Pol-ka's Estudios Baires.[8][9] While both Brandoni and Lanzani agreed with the vision the director had,[10][11][12] Brieva thought more of the film as the depiction of the alienation both seniors and the lower class citizens suffer in the system and society.[13][14] The film features a self-reference in the background, in the form of a film poster for a hypothetical The Man Next Door 2: The Neighbour is Back. It was meant to be a simple joke, but when Cohn called Daniel Aráoz to tell him about it, Aráoz asked why not doing it for real and so the screenwriting for the sequel began.[8] Peter Lanzani used Colin Farell and Ryan Reynolds' performances in Phone Booth and Buried as acting reference.[15] In the film, Ciro wears a pink Boca Juniors jersey. Cohn chose this particular jersey for several reasons: to create color contrast with the car's upholstery; because it is Boca's most controversial jersey; and to spark controversy.[16] The film was dedicated to Alejandro Cohn, Mariano's brother who died in 2015.[17]

The movie premiered on 4 April 2019 on 285 screens under distribution of Buena Vista International.[2][18]

The film inspired a Brazilian remake and, according to Duprat, there are plans for an American remake produced by David Lancaster.[26]

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