Roma (2004)

Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.

Director:

Adolfo Aristarain

Writers:

Adolfo Aristarain (story), Mario Camus (screenplay),

Stars:

Juan Diego Botto, Susú Pecoraro, José Sacristán

10 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Juan Diego Botto	...	Manuel Cueto / Joaco
Susú Pecoraro	...	Roma Di Toro
José Sacristán	...	Joaquín Góñez
Agustín Garvíe	...	Joaco
Vando Villamil	...	Áteo Di Toro
Marcela Kloosterboer	...	Reneé
Maximiliano Ghione	...	Guido
Marina Glezer	...	Alicia
Gustavo Garzón	...	Joaquín father
Carla Crespo	...	Betty
Marcos Mundstock	...	Gustavo Smirnoff
Raúl Rizzo	...	Doctor Cassano
Jean Pierre Noher	...	Pando
Alberto Jiménez	...	Publisher (son)
María Galiana	...	Portera

Storyline

When journalist Manuel Cueto is hired to type novelist Joaquín Góñez's last book, his presence provokes an avalanche of feelings that bring Joaquín to the edge of emotions and memories that had lain dormant in the solitude of the last stages of his creative life. Accustomed to years of loneliness, Joaquín finds in the young journalist a bridge to the forgotten years of his youth in the 60's and 70's, during his wild years in Buenos Aires. Argentina had been witness to the mistakes made in the passage to adulthood, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty, the influences of cinema and jazz, the taste of first love and the experiences of the many which followed and the intimate relationship with his parents, particulary with his mother Roma, a strong, intelligent woman, a supporter of his youthful ideals. It is to Roma to whom Joaquín owes his free, bohemian spirit and the aspirations shared with her in the shadow of the memory of his father will awaken in Joaquín the desire ...

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Plot Keywords:

buenos aires argentina | madrid spain | revolution | atheism | writer | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

official site Official site [es]

Country:

Argentina Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

1 October 2004 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Alma de bohemio

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Box Office

Budget:

$2,763,806 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tesela Producciones Cinematográficas, Aristarain P.C., Estudios Flomenbaun Abogados

Technical Specs

Runtime:

155 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Written on the Wind (1956)

User Reviews

Intense

Few times in my life I have seen such an intense drama. Intense in the dialogues, superb in acting. The life as it is, not an idealized bit of it, as in conventional films. Characters are deep, well developed, they don't act the standards, but seem to be much more "human" than in conventional stories. Almost every scene is a virtuoso acting near-monologue. But you have rests, including the whole Chopin nocturne's filmed in a way that, only with the actor's expressions, something is still happening into the characters, and the story doesn't suffer for such a long quiet time. Yoy can save a lot of dialogs as a treasure. OK, it is not as much as an archetype of filming language. OK, it is nearly theater. But only nearly. I cannot imagine me enjoying all of the subtleties in actor's faces from so far, in a theater. A tasty drama, full of good philosophy about life, love and feelings, expressed trough complex characters and scenes. Too bad for those who find it "slow" or "overlong"... in my opinion, they just didn't catch it. To me is seemed pretty dense, full of things... I couldn't stick out until the end. I didn't like it. Just the last minute. But it is my opinion. All the rest is more than enough to make the movie a masterpiece. In my opinion.