Total Loss (Spanish: Pérdida total) is a 2024 Mexican black tragicomedy film co-written, co-produced and directed by Enrique Begné. It stars Leonardo Ortizgris as Claudio, a con man who becomes entangled with a powerful mafia boss when he tries to collect the insurance on his truck.
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Synopsis
Claudio is a con man, an absent father, and a compulsive liar who thinks he can abandon his truck on the highway and claim it as a total loss from the insurance company. However, when the body of a drug dealer's son is found in the same area, Claudio becomes bait to catch the criminal.
Cast
Leonardo Ortizgris as Claudio Gómez Restrepo
Hector Kotsifakis as Rojo
Jorge A. Jimenez as Coyote
Joaquín Cosio as Bonilla
Alejandro Calva as Arturo
Tato Alexander as Tere
Ana Sofia Gatica as Vanessa
Enrique Arreola as Toño
Paulo Galindo as Buho
Rodrigo Oviedo as Norte
Randy Vasquez as Paul Stain
Sheila Flores as Zambrano's wife
Oliver Cantú Lozano as Police
Julieta Chichino as Xime
Ana Sofía Muñoz Polendo as Elvira
Production
Principal photography began on September 26, 2022, in Torreón, Mexico, lasting 25 days.
Release
The film had its world premiere on October 22, 2024, at the 22nd Morelia International Film Festival, then was commercially released on March 27, 2025, in Mexican theaters.