Life Sentence

After leaving prison and starting his new life as a banker, Javier (Tarzan) is confronted with a corrupt officer who blackmails and force him to commit crimes. In this noir film, the director uses dense shadows and narrow locations to depict the prison where Tarzan is trapped in, whether during the time he actually spent in detention or in the broader psychological prison he cannot afford to escape. Ripstein questions the ideas of justice and the second chances, by choosing the nickname Tarzan for his protagonist to indicate the modern life that this primitive person cannot deal with. (Cairo International Film Festival)