Deserved more than an Oscar

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2011)

I watched this movie three times and do not get tired. Whatever be said about the plot, the film is about the Argentinian soul, which is present in the fashion, in the serious furniture, in the limestone and wooden paneling of the buildings, in the pomp of the institutions, in the spicy dialogs, the flat and dry and cold landscape. No matter the background of poverty, corruption, abuse and economic decadence, one sees how the characters do not give up being elegant, vainly , proud, sarcastic, sexy, a little arrogant (sometimes trying to be European in South America) but very human. So far, it has a similar effect to "el hijo de la novia" by Juan Jose Campanella with Ricardo Darin and Hector Alterio, which includes the cuisine. And behind the Argentinian soul, with consistent roles played by excellent actors, Campanella makes up a great story of idealism, friendship, grief, wrath, love.