WILD TALES (RELATOS SALVAJES) World Cinema

A sane person may think that when confronted with a difficult situation that tests patience and values, she or he will act rationally. But, when push comes to shove, one may very well end up like the rabid, violent and hilariously crazed characters pushed to deranged savagery in Damián Szifron’s delightfully subversive WILD TALES. This anthology of six sublimely absurd, out-of-control vignettes is thematically linked in its approach to social grievances. Each episode is more outrageous than the last, all steadily controlled by Szifron’s expressive camera and effective pacing technique. A showcase for perfectly pitched performances and bleak humor derived from daily frustrations, WILD TALES builds to a crescendo of sheer madness from which no one escapes unscathed.