Clandestine Childhood (2011)
"Infancia clandestina" (original title)

Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only ... See full summary »

Director:

Benjamín Ávila

Writers:

Benjamín Ávila (screenplay), Marcelo Müller (screenplay)

Stars:

Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio, César Troncoso

16 wins & 21 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Natalia Oreiro	...	Cristina alias Charo
Ernesto Alterio	...	Uncle Beto
César Troncoso	...	Horacio alias Daniel
Cristina Banegas	...	Grandmother Amalia
Teo Gutiérrez Moreno	...	Juan alias Ernesto Estrada
Mayana Neiva	...	Carmen
Douglas Simon	...	Gregorio
Violeta Palukas	...	María
Candelaria Irigoyen	...	Victoria
Lucas García	...	Felipe
Lucas Zenone	...	Esteban
Dylan Ezequiel Rodríguez	...	Sergio
Rodrigo Romero Odriozola	...	Claudio
Florencia Camila Pagliaroli	...	Natalia
Catalina Schneider	...	Paola

Storyline

Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only has one name. Based on true facts, set in the Argentina of 1979, this film is "one about love".

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Plot Keywords:

argentina | friend | school | montonero | identity | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Argentina]

Country:

Argentina Spain Brazil

Language:

Spanish Portuguese

Release Date:

20 September 2012 (Argentina)

Also Known As:

Clandestine Childhood

Filming Locations:

Burzaco, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Box Office

Budget:

$1,009,653 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$880 (USA) (8 February 2013)

Gross:

$9,017 (USA) (8 February 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Historias Cinematograficas Cinemania, Habitacion 1520 Producciones, Antartida Produccions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The official entry of Argentina to the Best Foreign Language Film of the 85th Academy Awards 2013.

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Soundtracks

"Sueños de juventud"
Written by Enrique Santos Discépolo and Warner Chappell
Performed by Natalia Oreiro

User Reviews

Benjamín Ávila delivers unique perspective on Argentine dictatorship of 70's

The movie is an emotional journey that takes its spectators to Argentina's military dictatorship of 1970's. Juan is a boy who struggles with his double identity he obtained for security purposes, as his parents are involved in combat against the regime. Ávila's script collaboration with Müller brings an amazing story that balances between fear of being discovered by military and love in the family, and consequently love of Juan and his classmate María.

Altogether with the script, the movie has absolutely engaging music, art direction and cinematography. Ávila's way of filming brings attention to every single detail and delivers unified piece of cinematographic art.

Actor Teo Gutiérrez Moreno is absolutely superb in his performance of the young boy and his life's struggle. Actress Natalia Oreiro delivers thrilling performance of revolutionary fighter and proves that she can portray a character that is as gentle as a mother to her son, as well as someone determined to fight the military regime. Moreover, actor Ernesto Alterio brings moments of humor into the story as his well-written character of uncle Beto.

The story is based on true events and the love the director dedicated to this movie can be felt in every single second. This outstanding movie will touch not only those familiar with Argentine regime of 70's, yet it will find its way to hearts of many cinema lovers too.