At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time ...
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Cuenta la historia de Jorge Pellegrini y Laura Ramallo a lo largo de casi dos décadas. Comienza en 1980 y termina en nuestros días. Cuenta le romance inicial, los posteriores desencuentros,... See full summary »
A well-ordered hardware store owner in Buenos Aires will see his life turn upside down when he helps a stranded Chinese man who doesn't speak a word of Spanish find his uncle in the bustling city. But can this coexistence bear fruit?
Director:
Sebastián Borensztein
Stars:
Ricardo Darín,
Muriel Santa Ana,
Ignacio Huang
In Argentina over 8,000 people die in traffic accidents every year. Behind each of these tragedies is a flourishing industry founded on insurance payouts and legal loopholes. Sosa is a ... See full summary »
Director:
Pablo Trapero
Stars:
Ricardo Darín,
Martina Gusman,
Carlos Weber
The film is seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Harry (Matías del Pozo), who does not know that Argentina's 1976 coup d'état is impacting his life. After witnessing the "... See full summary »
Mariano Is a psychologist who must fulfill community service after losing a lawsuit by a traffic accident. He is forced to provide therapeutic support to Alfredo, a policeman depressed over... See full summary »
While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aries shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist social worker.
Director:
Pablo Trapero
Stars:
Ricardo Darín,
Jérémie Renier,
Martina Gusman
Roberto Bermudez, a specialist in criminal law, is convinced that one of his students committed a brutal murder. It leads him to start an investigation that becomes his obsession.
Director:
Hernán Goldfrid
Stars:
Ricardo Darín,
Natalia Santiago,
Alberto Ammann
Julián receives an unexpected visit from his friend Tomás, who lives in Canada. The two men, accompanied by Julián's faithful dog, Truman, will share emotional and surprising moments prompted by Julián's complicated situation.
Director:
Cesc Gay
Stars:
Ricardo Darín,
Javier Cámara,
Dolores Fonzi
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Director:
Juan José Campanella
Stars:
Ricardo Darín,
Soledad Villamil,
Pablo Rago
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past and look at the present in new ways.Written by
Sujit R. Varma
Juan Carlos:
Did you see "That Damned Rib"?
Rafael Belvedere:
I don't watch Argentine movies. I work all day, you know how it is.
Juan Carlos:
I don't watch Argentine reality.
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Crazy Credits
Halfway 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. See more »
Very sweet mid-life crisis movie from Argentina starring the brilliant
Ricardo Darín from 'Nine Queens'. Darin plays Rafael, a driven
restaurant owner who's stressed lifestyle and continuous intake of
ristrettos and cigarettes earns him a heart attack. Lying in his
hospital bed he resolves to start 'a new cycle', simplifying his life.
This proves harder than he expects. Gorgeous younger girlfriend
Nat wants commitment, ex-wife Sandra heaps scorn on his
neuroses and his dapper father wants financial help in enacting a
touching gesture to his wife of 44 years: a proper wedding
ceremony.
Rafael is assisted in meeting these challenges by the appearance
of an old friend, Juan Carlos. Played with memorable comic
energy by Eduardo Blanco (a kind of Argentine Roberto Benigni),
Juan Carlos' loyalty and friendship - and the story of his own
triumph over tragic life circumstances - helps Rafael understand
the treasure he possesses without appreciating it: family.
It may sound kind of soppy, and at moments 'Son of the Bride'
does teeter into sentimentality, but on the whole this is a
consistently entertaining movie, the best of its kind I've seen in a
long time. The film's script is very nearly brilliant, stuffed full of bon
mots and witty asides, from the Padre describing his new speaker
system as 'omnipresent' to Juan Carlos' Jesus-Christ-as-
Maradonna joke.
But its quality lies in more than just a list of gleaming one-liners
and 'zingy' exchanges. There's acres of depth here too, in passing
observations about the universality of corruption in modern day
Argentina, to wry observations about the hypocrisy of the church.
Campanella covers a lot of bases - much more so than comparable comedies from the US - without ever losing his
lightness of touch. It's this that raises 'Son of the Bride' above the
mass and makes it a movie that I'm actually very keen to see
again.
Impossible not to like, then, and if the ending doesn't leave you
with a tear in your eye, you're a heartless swine.
I actually caught 'Son of the Bride' last night in a double with 'Nine
Queens'