Lost Embrace
Director: Daniel Burman
Country: Argentina, France, Italy, Spain
Year of Production: 2003
SynopsisFrom director DANIEL BURMAN, one of the most prominent and exciting of the young directors forming the "New Wave" in Argentine Cinema, comes this much anticipated, highly acclaimed and award-winning comedy. A story of a first, bittersweet encounter between a father and his young adult son, the film conjures up an ensemble of engaging characters who pursue their humble dreams with witty humour, irresistible passion and an infectious generosity of spirit. This is Ariel's world: the small, slightly seedy shopping center in downtown Buenos Aires, where the Italian shopkeepers scream all day, the Koreans sell feng-shui and old Osvaldo sells nothing. Where Ariel's mother runs a lingerie shop and his brother deals in import-export. It's a comfortable little world, in spite of an undercurrent of malaise and uncertainty. Many young people are searching for their immigrant roots to obtain a coveted foreign passport, the key to a world full of promise. Ariel, however, wants more than a passport from Poland, where his grandparents fled to escape the Holocaust. He wants to understand. Why his father left his family shortly after his birth to fight a war in Israel. Why he never returned. And why this seems to leave his mother and brother indifferent. When Ariel's father returns to Buenos Aires, he brings with him new truths, a new story and, ultimately, a long-overdue embrace. More InfoReviews
"Superb"
"Recalls classic Woody Allen"
"A gratifying portrait of multicultural cordiality... Burman explores both character and ethnicity with a canny wit"
"a wonderfully eccentric variation on Woody Allen, with perhaps just a twist of Fellini"
"delightful"
"An engaging... well-observed comedy"
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