Um homem de 40 anos insatisfeito, separado e sem tempo para sua própria filha e namorada, deve repensar sua vida quando seu pai decide se casar com sua mãe, que sofre de Alzheimer.Um homem de 40 anos insatisfeito, separado e sem tempo para sua própria filha e namorada, deve repensar sua vida quando seu pai decide se casar com sua mãe, que sofre de Alzheimer.Um homem de 40 anos insatisfeito, separado e sem tempo para sua própria filha e namorada, deve repensar sua vida quando seu pai decide se casar com sua mãe, que sofre de Alzheimer.
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- Indicado a 1 Oscar
- 37 vitórias e 12 indicações no total
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When I read the short description of this Argentinean film, "Son with broken marriage deals with his dads desire to renew marriage vows with his wife with Alzheimer's" I hesitated to watch it. I down loaded it to my Tivo because of it's three star rating, but had no great desire to re--live my mothers long decline into that particular abyss.
We had just started to watch "Out of Sight" a Hollywood product that had George Clooney meeting his co-star "cute" in the trunk of a getaway car. A contrived vehicle for brand name stars that delivered the audience and made a buck for the investors. That's the American way. We cut it off after twenty minutes and decided we may as well give this one a try.
Nobody met "cute" in this film. There is a son with a broken marriage and barely tolerable relations with his ex whom he kept in contact with over the shared love of their daughter. The demented mother, was depicted with just enough realism to give a taste of the true sadness of this disease, while not overwhelming the film with despair. Maybe it was extra meaningful to me, since my Mother was like her, the rare person who did not suffer from her illness, but bathed in some blessed contentment.
I will not try to go into detail why this film was so beautiful. When everything works perfectly, the writing, directing and the acting; all you have is the unfolding of the story on the screen. There is nothing to say about the people or their interactions--- they are just being themselves. In real life, we don't have heroes. The strongest people are those who can make the people around them feel good about themselves. If they are gorgeous they don't wear makeup to accentuate it. If they are rich they talk about a cheap meal they had a restaurant. And if they are very smart, they talk sports.
So, by watching this film, you get to spend a couple hours with these people. Nothing will be more enjoyable. And stay through the titles that roll at the end, there is one final joke that completes the experience.
The wedding and other story turns which I won't give away help the film turn gracefully from mostly a comedy in the early going into an outstanding drama in the later parts of the film. The performances are excellent by all of the actors, helping to make all of the characters seem real. While the photography is often attractive, I would not be surprised if the film was shot on 16 mm film or even high definition video and transferred to 35 mm film for exhibition.
This film was nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign film, which should have given it a higher profile than it seems to have gotten. It is highly recommended, and should not lose too much seen on home video, assuming it eventually shows up there.
Note that the star, Ricardo Darín, also stars in "Nine Queens," which is opening very soon in the United States.
The central performance of Rafael was a tour de force - this actor stands very strong beside the likes of Pacino, and I can imagine him in many of the earlier 'gangster with hidden depth' roles the latter excelled in. He was so believable as the 'godfather' neighbourhood restaurateur. The other principal actors were also brilliant, although in my opinion Eduardo Blanco as the comedic interest overegged and hammed a little too much in a couple of scenes, eg as bogus priest. But that is nitpicking in one of the most memorable romantic films I've ever seen.
I totally agree with one of the reviewers who compared and contrasted to the dreadful film travesty made of 'The Notebook'recently which missed all the buttons around Alzheimers and real people with real believable feelings and reactions. I also agree that while if this product had been American with J Nicholson, etc it would have been a surefire Oscar winner, it would actually have been ruined by the Hollywood treatment...
Thanks you Argentina, and I hope to see much more of Senor Darin before long.
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesOfficial submission of Argentina for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 74th Academy Awards in 2002.
- Citações
Juan Carlos: He gave millions of people joy and then those same fans turned on him and "crucified" him.
Rafael Belvedere: Show's over. Stop talking about Jesus Christ.
Juan Carlos: Jesus Christ? I was talking about Maradona.
- Cenas durante ou pós-créditosHalfway through the credits, we find Rafael and Juan Carlos watching a porn film and admiring it's particularly well-endowed star - the mysterious and elusive Dick Watson.
- ConexõesFeatured in 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002)
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- Também conhecido como
- Son of the Bride
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- Consulte mais créditos da empresa na IMDbPro
Bilheteria
- Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 624.757
- Fim de semana de estreia nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 34.231
- 24 de mar. de 2002
- Faturamento bruto mundial
- US$ 8.772.695
- Tempo de duração
- 2 h 3 min(123 min)
- Cor
- Mixagem de som
- Proporção
- 1.85 : 1