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Son of the Bride

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Original title

El hijo de la novia

Year

2001

Running time

124 min.

Country

Argentina

Director

Juan José Campanella

Screenwriter

Fernando Castets, Juan José Campanella

Cast

Music

Ángel Illarramendi

Cinematography

Daniel Shulman

Producer

Co-production Argentina-Spain;

Pol-Ka Producciones, Jempsa, Patagonik, Tornasol Films

Genre

Drama. Comedy | Comedy-Drama. Old Age / Elderly. Alzheimer's. Weddings. Family Relationships

Synopsis

Rafael dedicates 24 hours a day to his restaurant, is divorced, sees his daughter very little, has no friends and avoids getting engaged to his girlfriend. In addition, he has not visited his mother, who is in a nursing home suffering from Alzheimer's disease, for a long time. A series of unexpected events force him to rethink his life. Among them, his father's intention to fulfill his mother's old dream: to get married in church.

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Rankings Position

Awards: 2001: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture

2001: Montréal World Film Festival: Special Grand Prize of the Jury

2001: Forqué Awards: Nominated for Best Film

2001: Festival of Valladolid - Seminci: Silver Spike. 2 nominations

2002: Forqué Awards: nominated to Best Film (Live-Action or Animation).

2002: Ondas Awards: Best Actress.

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Critics' reviews

"One of the best films of the year."

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"Although there is much to like in this psychologically canny film and in Mr. Darín's warm-hearted central performance, the movie is also rambling and digressive"

Stephen Holden: The New York Times
"An entertaining quasi-critique of modern manners whose comedy arises out of its gravity"

John Anderson: Newsday
"Son of the Bride has an appealing modesty, but director Juan Jose Campanella works so hard to keep everything soft and winsome and charming that he cushions the understatement into blandness."

Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly
"An Argentine version of Woody Allen's Manhattan"

Jennifer Green: Screendaily

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10 My Favorite Movies from Europe & Latin America (128)
16 My Top 10 Movies from 2001 (260)
53 Most Moving Movies (77)
76 My Top 10 Movies from 2000 (23)
82 My Top 20 Movies from the 2000s (86)

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