Synopsis
In Buenos Aires, the twenty-something Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff ditches the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where his mother has a lingerie shop and his brother runs an importation business. Ariel has never understood why his father left him when he was a baby, but when his dad returns to Argentina, that will soon change.
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Cast
- Daniel HendlerAriel Makaroff
- Adriana AizembergSonia Makaroff
- Jorge D'ElíaElías Makaroff
- Sergio BorisJoseph Makaroff
- Rosita LondnerAbuela de Ariel
- Diego KorolMitelman
- Silvina BoscoRita
- Isaac FajmOsvaldo
- Melina PetriellaEstela
- Mónica CabreraSaligani Mamá
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
It's in the brightly observed vignettes from mall-society life, captured with a low-key, on-the-run visual style, that Burman shows his best stuff and deadpan wit. - 80
The New York Times
This is a small movie about a small world, but its modesty is part of what makes it durable and satisfying. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
Lively, gentle, smart. - 75
New York Daily News
Director Daniel Burman examines the ways people cope with the passing of time, whether it's weary mall employees, a broken family or the diminishing Argentinean-Jewish community. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The film takes a whimsical view of this insular and sometimes daft environment where everyone's eccentricities are given an opportunity to shine. - 70
Variety
A general lack of drama, a low-budget documentary feel and an ultraslim storyline are more than compensated for by a sterling script and performances. - 63
New York Post
The tedious film might have been worth watching if Burman had given reasons to care about Ariel or anyone else. He doesn't and we don't. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
If you have the stomach - or the Dramamine - it's a touching, humorous take on Jewish life in contemporary Argentina.
