INTUITION/ LA CORAZONADA

Argentina, 2020, 116 minutes, Colour.

Luisana Lopilato, Joauqin Furriel, Rafael Ferro Maite Lanata, Juan Manuel Guilera, Abel Avala, Sebastian Mogordoy.

Directed by Alejandro Montiel.

Intuition is an Argentinian police thriller, very complex in its scenario, several murders and investigation, the interlinking of the crimes, the interlinking of the police work.

The initial focus is on the chief detective, his working on intuition, his rescuing a girl abducted in the forest, but implications of his killing a young man released from prison who had been responsible for the shooting of his wife. He is also suffering from a heart condition, requiring secret medication from a doctor whose son he had rescued from kidnappers in the past. He is a one-man band – although he invites young rookie, Pipa, to join his investigation.

The film focuses also on people (who had been the subject of a previous police investigation film, Perdita, with the same writer and director) – this present film being a prequel.

Pipa is also intense, a loner, rather humourless in her dedication. She is asked by the police chief, who is being blackmailed because of compromising photos, to spy on her partner, finding evidence that he is innocent, then finding evidence that seems he is guilty. They are also involved in the investigation of a murder of a young woman, suspicions on her friend, suspicions also on a young man who is a stalker but who has severe mental conditions.

Ultimately, there is confrontation, the revelation of the truth, the mother-in-law of the detective being responsible for the killing of the young man – and Pipa speculating, following the leads, finding the incriminating car.

For audiences who enjoyed police investigations, thrillers and mysteries – although some commentators have found the film far too complicated.

1. Police thriller, investigation, crime, corruption?
2. Argentinian police thriller, atmosphere, the city’s, misters, the streets, the precincts and offices, on the road, homes, hospitals, atmosphere? The musical score?
3. The complexity of the plot, the range of police, the different crimes, the interconnections?
4. The opening, the man on the bike, his being run down? His background, the flashback to his shooting Juanez wife, two years in jail, release, his being killed? His brother, wanting vengeance? Juanez, his motivation?
5. The case of the serial killer, the police, the intensity of the search in the woods, finding the dead girl? Juanez persevering, finding the girl alive? The killer and his death?
6. The further murder, Gloriana, the police called? Juanez late, the audience seeing him go to the hospital, his heart condition, the doctor, the doctor’s later explanation of his indebtedness with Juanez finding his son, the treatment? The footage of his arriving in the car? Confirming his innocence by being with the doctor? His guilt with the evidence of the car?
7. Pipa, the rookie, with her companion, the search for the missing girl? Juanez and his promoting her? Her skills, police work, intensity, the loner, serious? Roger, asking her to shadow Juanez, her getting the evidence, interviewing the doctor? Her suspicions about Juanez, believing him, and the later change of heart with the evidence of the car? The night together? The man in the institution, stalking Minerva, Pipa going to the house, Minerva stabbing the young man? The interrogations? Juanez and his suspicions, the evidence of the whole, Minerva’s confession, lying, right-hand and left-hand, the young man moving the dead woman’s body, the flashbacks to the truth? Her guilt? The support of her mother?
8. Roger, his being blackmailed, the compromising photos, his relationship with Juanez, wanting people to keep surveillance, his contact with Zorro, Zorro and the muggings, Fito and his work with people are, the USB stick, mugged?
9. The buildup to the confrontation, Roger organising Juanez to be killed, Juanez ahead of them, his deputy and sniper position, the confrontation with Pipa, his asking her to listen, the confrontation with Zorro, deaths, the deputy killed, Juanez and his heart condition?
10. Pipa, observing Juanez with his mother-in-law, suspicions, her house, discovering the car? That she had killed the man who shot her daughter? That Juanez had covered and driven the car to the hospital?
11. Pipa, passing the mother-in-law in the street, the resolution of the crimes? Her future?