Director Mariano Cohn’s horrific quest for justice has turned into a heartbreaking documentary

If a documentary helps the viewer to live their own emotional experience, the interpretation of the reality seen Brothers, a story of blood (from this Monday 8, by Flow) is a generic of overwhelm and another of pain. In the case of, Know this: you can’t leave here unscathed.

This work is useful for understanding that, unfortunately, justice is a matter of faith. It’s about the director of The manager, The illustrious citizen and Official Competitionhe, Mariano Cohnand the horrible death of Alexander. The director has been trying to find out how his only brother died for almost ten years..

It’s the plot trying to reveal itself Carlos de Eliathe creator of TN and historic news director of the old Channel 13, who For the first time he gets behind the camera in a 77-minute work which could be long Telenight investigates.

On July 27, 2015, Alejandro was riding his motorbike to play football with friends. He started feeling sick. He was diabetic. A mother and his daughter help him. According to protocol, he was transferred by ambulance to the “Melchor Angel Posse” hospital in San Isidro, where he was admitted lucid and alone. Two days later, Alejandro dies.

The family receives his body in a disastrous state: a botched tracheotomy, incomprehensible fractures and a diagnosis of brain death.

In total there are nine doctors accused. On April 16, in the middle of the premiere, the oral trial will be held in the courts of San Isidro. In the “Docutriller” they are the voices of parents, experts, doctors and witnesses of the facts.

Once you know the ending, the only thing left is to go back through the story. AS, with old home recordings on VHS, we can see the brothers interact. We know about Alexander. We understand what the Cohn family was like before the tragedy.

The material abounds from the happy years because The boys’ father filmed almost compulsively.. Nothing. All.

Thus we understand where the abundant vocation of Mariano, creative partner of, lies Gaston Duprat, guy Lennon and McCartney of Argentine cinema. “Ale, Ale, say hello to grandfather…!”

The brothers’ father’s film, that one undoubted ability to establish testimony, it also makes everything more meaningful: birthdays, holidays, walks, trips. Alejandro “was a dandy,” says Colombian writer Margarita García Robayo. Mariano’s brother lived with his dog Paco and spent the early hours of the morning drawing. He died at 35 years old.

It’s like a involuntary biography by the well-known director who not only acts here, but also puts De Elía, a debut director on the big screen and on platforms, behind the camera.

The result is absolutely natural., where the low blow seems impossible to avoid. A recession in history. You feel indignation, anger. The feeling of impending failure is just around the corner.

Mariano tries to honor his brother Alejandro by demonstrating this His life, off the set, is practically an ordeal. A furious boy who never loses his kindness and always has his feet on the ground. Apparently it is possible to live like this. And in his case he does so by carrying out a tireless search for justice. Outside of successes, interviews, projects, awards. Or, who knows, thanks to all this.

In 2017, during the ceremony of Platinum Awardsheld in Madrid, Cohn and Duprat won an award for The illustrious citizen. Mariano, statuette in hand, used that microphone for a denunciatory dedication: “My brother Alejandro was the victim of an unpunished crime in Argentina and that is why I want to dedicate the award to him. Thank you very much”.

At another point in the documentary, Cohn says he spoke with the former mayor of San Isidro Gustavo Posse. He says that the former municipal head would have proposed resolving the issue in civil jurisdiction. “I want my brother’s killers imprisoned”the director would have replied.

The voices of Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martínez, Luis Brandoni and Guillermo Francella narrate the events. They don’t make it more enjoyable.

Brothers, a story of blood is available on Flow from Monday 8 April, and then it will also be on the Max platform, from April 23rd. And on TNT it will be broadcast on April 26th at 10pm.