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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present.
- New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present
- Language:
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Fathers and sons--Drama.
- Fathers and sons.
- Old age.
- Loneliness in old age--Drama.
- Loneliness in old age.
- Old age--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (86 min.) : sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Film Movement, 2008.
- Language Note:
- This edition in Spanish with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- It is a significant day for 80 year old Antonio. After an absence of many years, his estranged son is coming to visit. All must be perfect. There will be a toast with a very special champagne; an embrace; warm words that may finally bridge the gap between them ... But before, Antonio must wait. Bedridden, he looks out his window at the Patagonian landscape and sees light and life, the past and the present, while sensing the future. He decides to secretly leave the house, unseen by his faithful caretakers, to take what might be a last walk in his fields, breathing the air, treading the earth, inhaling the scent of the land that had been his life. What could otherwise seem like insignificant memories or moments in one's life, take a special, beautiful meaning and weight in this poetic, humanistic film. Distinguished Argentine filmmaker Carlos Sorín ('Bombón, El Perro', 'Historias Minimas') once again trains his camera on the small stories written by life, on the humanity behind human beings. By casting the great Uruguayan writer and scriptwriter Antonio Larreta in the lead role, Sorin establishes a link between fiction and reality that makes the protagonist's fears, hopes and wishes even more palpable.
- Notes:
- Countries of origin: Spain, Argentina.
- Title from title frames (New World Cinema, viewed Nov. 7, 2012).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (New World Cinema: Independent Features & Shorts, 1990-Present). Available via World Wide Web.
- Nominated 2008 Valladolid International Film Festival Golden Spike Award
- Nominated 2010 Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards, Silver Condor Award, Best Cinematography
- Nominated 2010 Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards, Silver Condor Award, Best New Actor
- Won 2008 Valladolid International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize
- OCLC:
- 823747844
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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