Tan de repente

this movie is just an exercise of cinema made by unexperienced people. I only hope that the people who made it, have this in mind. It has one or two jokes, but lacks of a real proposal, a real story, something interesting inside, if you know what i mean. 4/10

A brilliant, ever-shifting intimately-scaled comedy-adventure movie exploring the complicated relationships among about ten characters, young and old, mostly women. It is by turns a bit scary and sadistic, gentle, bawdy, warmly sympathetic, mysterious, yet ultimately rather clear.

Shot in B&W on blown-up 16 mm, and reminiscent of Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise." An edgy celebration of life, humanity, and vulnerabilities. Well worth seeing.

Argentina, like the United States, is a country whose ideal female is thin, tall and blonde. Marcia (Tatiana Saphir), is none of these things. She is fat, short and dark and stuck in a working class job staffing the counter of a tiny lingerie store in Buenos Aires with almost no customers. With few friends and no man in her life, there's little likelihood that anything will ever happen to change Marcia's life.

Suddenly, Marcia's tedious routine of sleep, work, and food followed by more of the same is interrupted by the arrival of Mao (Carla Crespo) and Lenin (Veronica Hassan), two young lesbians who approach her on the street. Mao declares her love for Marcia and the three women spend a long weekend together that takes them to Mar del Plata, Rosario, and back to Buenos Aires and teaches everybody involved lessons about the pleasures and pains of life.

Director Diego Lerman films this story in a moody and hip black-and-white style that recalls the early work of Jim Jarmusch and other independent filmmakers of the 1980s. All the actors give good performances, particularly Beatriz Thibaudin as the elderly aunt Blanca who does a terrific dance number. Strongly recommended.

8/10

I was almost not seeing this film, taking into account the negative comments of another user and the average of 6 it received from IMDB users. I went to the screening at Istanbul Film Festival because we had nothing better to do and left with great contentment that only a sincere, non-pretentious and lean film as this could provide. it reminded me of jarmusch's "stranger than paradise" with it's close to life approach. characters are real, acting is very good. it introduced me a fresh, new director from Argentina.

This is one of those movies you unintentionally discover and like. At least it is how i got to see Suddenly (Tan de repente). A friend who speaks Spanish and who traveled through South American countries invited me to see it. Being open for such experiments i went along and was pleasantly surprised.

Suddenly (Tan de repente) that would change the history of cinema or your percption of life, but it is a fine movie. The fact that i write this review more than five years after watching it, while still remembering some scenes, speaks to its favor.

My friend warned me that there are specific social and cultural peculiarities of South America that make this movie realistic. However, i think this remark was unnecessary. Suddenly (Tan de repente) speaks to the audience on a very basic, human, level.