Lost Embrace (2004)
"El abrazo partido" (original title)

In Buenos Aires, the twenty and something year old Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff has left the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where... See full summary »

Director:

Daniel Burman

Writers:

Marcelo Birmajer, Daniel Burman

Stars:

Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg, Jorge D'Elía

10 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Hendler	...	Ariel Makaroff
Adriana Aizemberg	...	Sonia Makaroff
Jorge D'Elía	...	Elías Makaroff
Sergio Boris	...	Joseph Makaroff
Rosita Londner	...	Abuela de Ariel
Diego Korol	...	Mitelman
Silvina Bosco	...	Rita
Isaac Fajm	...	Osvaldo
Melina Petriella	...	Estela
Atilio Pozzobon	...	Saligani Papá
Mónica Cabrera	...	Saligani Mamá
Franco Tirri	...	Saligani Hijo
Luciana Dulizky	...	Saligani Hija
Eloy Burman	...	Saligani Bebé
Juan José Flores Quispe	...	Ramón

Storyline

In Buenos Aires, the twenty and something year old Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff has left the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where his mother has a lingerie shop and his brother runs an importation business, trying to get his Polish passport and move to Europe. Ariel has never understood why his father left him when he was a baby to fight in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. When his father returns to Buenos Aires, Ariel discovers the reason why his father left his family.

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Plot Keywords:

yom kippur war | passport | gallery | feng shui | jewish mother | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

New Yorker Films Océan Films [fr]

Country:

Argentina France Italy Spain

Language:

Spanish Korean Yiddish Russian

Release Date:

25 March 2004 (Argentina)

Also Known As:

Lost Embrace

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$18,564 (USA) (28 January 2005)

Gross:

$189,763 (USA) (8 July 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BD Cine, CinemArt, Classic Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It is Argentina's official choice for the 2004 Oscar Awards, Foreign Language film category.

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Goofs

There is no Lithuanian language in the film. The girl from Lithuania named Vilna (Lithuania's capital name is Vilnius) is speaking Russian, not Lithuanian. The words Vilna says when she first meets Ariel are "Tvoi drug Ariel. Chto s nim sluchilos?", what means "Your friend Ariel. What's wrong with him?"

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Connections

References Sunflower (1970)

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Soundtracks

"Conociéndote"

User Reviews

Argentinian DOGMA?

A Jewish Argentinian young man, a little confused, a little depressing; a father that went away to Israel when he was a just a baby, a mother that seems to be living in a fantasy world, a polish grandmother who thinks that "there in Europe they want to kill all the jews", a brother who has sort of an export-import business in which he sells all kind of useless stuff, a lover married to an old man, a commercial gallery full of weirdos ... AND TONS OF Argentinian SARCASM!

Lively dialogues, the Argentinian verbal-diarrhoea which is present in every sequence, the innate naturalness of Argentinian actors, and a filming style pretty similar to latest north-European cinema, Von Trier, the DOGMA manifesto, and all that ... That's (maybe) the weakest point of "El Abrazo Partido": too much camera movement, so much that in some sequences it gets a little annoying. (I'm not very in favour on making a whole movie with the camera on your shoulder).

In short: a film about ordinary people, plenty of Argentinian sacastic humour.

My rate: 7/10