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Mood:
- SentimentalTouchingBittersweetUplifting
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Plot:
- Single ParentComing of AgeFriendshipDysfunctional FamilyMind and SoulYouthFamily RelationsParents and Children more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeignPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60s
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Place:
- ArgentinaLatin America
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Praise:
- Award Winner
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Valentin, 2002
Spanish
Argentina, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain
Profile of Valentin
The mood of Valentin is bittersweet, sentimental, and touching. The plot centers around a single parent, a dysfunctional family, and coming of age. It is a drama, foreign, and period movie. In approach, Valentin is serious and realistic. The setting is Argentina. It happens in the 1960s. Valentin is known for being an award winner.
Summary of Valentin
This heart-warmer concerns precocious eight-year-old Valentin (Rodrigo Noya), who lives alone with his grandmother in Buenos Aires in the early 1960s. Longing to be reunited with his absentee mom, Valentin lives with his eccentric grandma (long-time Almodovar star Carmen Maura) and deals with the occasional visits from his reprobate father (director Alejandro Agresti). For solace, Valentin visits a kindly musician (Mex Uritzberea) who urges the boy to hang on to his dream of becoming Argentina's first astronaut. Valentin also develops a bond with Leticia (Juliete Cardinali), one of his dad's young girlfriends. Noya plays his role like a pint-sized blend of Woody Allen, Nanni Moretti, and Audrey Tatou (AMELIE), replete with poignant optimism, wry commentary, and a cupid-like need to play matchmaker for the nicer adults in his life. As engaging as he is, the film gets stolen by the wonderful Cardinali (a TV star in Argentina) who radiates angelic warmth in her too-few scenes. Agresti suffuses the film with well-observed period detail that only hints at the political turmoil of the time (Argentina was in the grip of the infamous "reign of terror" throughout the '60s and '70s). VALENTIN is one of those films that manages to win a viewer's heart without pulling any harsh reality punches.
Details
| Language: | Spanish |
| Country: | Argentina, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain |
| Release date: | 22 May 2003 |
| Runtime: | 86 min |
Cast and Crew
as Valentín
as Leticia
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Critics Reviews
Chicago Tribune
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- by: John Petrakis
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Carla Meyer
Users Reviews
- 29.July.2010
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- by: barak gilon
- barak gilon rated this movie
8/10Great
