{"id":29066,"date":"2025-10-08T14:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scenicrights.com\/projects\/siete-maneras-de-matar-a-un-gato\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:05:13","slug":"siete-maneras-de-matar-a-un-gato","status":"publish","type":"articulo","link":"https:\/\/www.scenicrights.com\/en\/projects\/siete-maneras-de-matar-a-un-gato\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Ways to Kill a Cat (Siete maneras de matar a un gato)"},"template":"","art_tag":[1296,796,1314,1022,1034,846,894,1334,818,994,1074,988,1088,1152,1380,1180,1214],"genero":[47],"licencia":[],"localizacion":[],"produccion":[],"subgenero":[642,658],"tipo":[5],"class_list":["post-29066","articulo","type-articulo","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","art_tag-argentina-en","art_tag-corruption","art_tag-crime","art_tag-death","art_tag-drug-trafficking","art_tag-drugs","art_tag-dysfunctional-family","art_tag-gangster-en","art_tag-inequality","art_tag-mafia-en","art_tag-poverty","art_tag-power-fight","art_tag-prostitution","art_tag-society","art_tag-tragedy","art_tag-treason","art_tag-violence","genero-drama-en","subgenero-fantasy","subgenero-mystery","tipo-proyecto"],"acf":{"generos_tax":[47],"subgeneros_tax":[642,658],"tipo_tax":[5],"tags_tax":[1296,796,1314,818,846,894,1334,988,994,1022,1034,1074,1088,1152,1180,1380,1214],"produccion_tax":false,"licencia_tax":false,"localizacion_tax":false,"articulo__titulo_extendido":"","articulo__extracto":"","articulo__contenido":"<b><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">On the outskirts of Buenos Aires, a young man caught between loyalty to his best friend and love for a woman is drawn into a criminal war that forces him to choose between perpetuating a cycle of violence or risking everything to escape it.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">In one of Buenos Aires\u2019 impoverished neighborhoods, life is measured in small strokes of luck and immense debts to violence. Gringo, a young man trapped in the routines of poverty and bad decisions, is swept along by the ambitions of his friend Chueco. It all begins with a clumsy robbery targeting a local shopkeeper known as Gordo Far\u00edas, setting off a chain reaction of betrayals, revenge, and bloodshed.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">While searching for a way out of the chaos, Gringo reconnects with his cousin Toni, who offers him an alternative life: joining him as a traveling artisan and leaving the neighborhood behind. This possibility of redemption becomes a constant echo in his mind, standing in stark contrast to the vortex of violence pulling him under. His growing relationship with Yanina, Far\u00edas\u2019s daughter, gives him a reason to dream of a different future, but it also exposes him to greater danger. Jetita, a ruthless drug trafficker seeking control of the neighborhood with police protection, sees both Yanina and her father as useful pieces in his criminal enterprise.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Forced into Jetita\u2019s war against rival crime boss Charly, Gringo and Chueco are drawn into an increasingly brutal conflict. Chueco embraces violence as a path to power, while Gringo is consumed by guilt and doubt, aware that every step deeper into the underworld takes him farther from the life he might have had. The gang war transforms the neighborhood into a battlefield, where retaliation reaches innocent victims and the feeling of siege becomes inescapable.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">The climax arrives when every storyline converges inside Far\u00edas\u2019s bar. The establishment, now both refuge and trap amid the gang war, becomes a pressure cooker filled with mobsters, prostitutes, victims, and perpetrators trapped under crossfire. The atmosphere is one of claustrophobia and desperation. Gringo and Chueco burst into the besieged kitchen, confronted with a scene of wounded bodies, lingering fear, and a future that seems blocked from every direction.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">The story ends abruptly, offering no clear resolution. Readers are left suspended in uncertainty: will Gringo manage to break free from the cycle of violence that defines him, or is he doomed to repeat it until the very end? This unresolved tension is not a void, but rather the novel\u2019s harshest statement: in a world shaped by poverty and brutality, redemption is not always possible.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">RELEVANT INFORMATION:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> Mat\u00edas N\u00e9spolo is an Argentine journalist and writer based in Barcelona. 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