Four countries share a producing credit on The Delinquents, a 2023 drama-romance that plays out on a small, human scale.
What is The Delinquents about?
The Delinquents is a co-production spanning Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Luxembourg, credited to director Rodrigo Moreno and led by Daniel Elías and Esteban Bigliardi. Rather than chasing a big premise, the film works in the register of a character study, following ordinary people whose lives tangle together under pressure. Margarita Molfino, Germán de Silva, Mariana Chaud, Gabriela Saidón, and Cecilia Rainero fill out an ensemble that gives the story its texture, moving between quiet domestic scenes and the friction that builds when trust between people starts to fray.
About the cast
Daniel Elías and Esteban Bigliardi carry the film's central relationship, with Margarita Molfino, Germán de Silva, Mariana Chaud, Gabriela Saidón, Cecilia Rainero, and Javier Zoro filling the supporting roles that give the ensemble its shape.
Context & significance
A four-territory co-production between Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Luxembourg is unusual on its own, and it signals a film built for festival and arthouse circuits rather than mainstream distribution. Rodrigo Moreno's direction keeps the drama grounded, favoring patient, observational scenes over plot mechanics, which is typical of the region's recent wave of South American independent cinema finding audiences well beyond its home markets. That festival pedigree also shapes the film's pacing: viewers coming from more conventional drama-romance fare should expect a slower, more deliberate rhythm, where mood and performance carry scenes that a mainstream release might compress into a montage.
Watching The Delinquents on Ktime
The Delinquents streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making a festival-circuit South American drama accessible to Persian-speaking viewers in their own language. Watching only requires a free K-Time account; log in and press play.