The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime

The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime (2014) is an Argentine crime drama you can watch online on iFILM. A farmhand kills his employer in broad daylight, and the film works backwards through the trial to lay out exactly what pushed him there.

Hermógenes (Joaquín Furriel) leaves the north with his young wife for a better life in Buenos Aires and takes work as an apprentice butcher. What he finds is debt, lies, rotten meat he's ordered to sell, and a boss who treats him as something to be used up. Director Sebastián Schindel frames it as a courtroom dissection: the case unfolds while the audience pieces together the slow grind that led to the killing. No chases, no relief — just the screws tightening.

The script grew out of a detailed investigation into a real case, and nearly every scene draws on documented practices inside the meat trade. It became one of the standout Argentine releases of its year. Best for viewers who want social cinema where the real villain is the system. Stream The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime online on iFILM.