Film Description
Empty Nest (El nido vacío)
Director: Daniel Burman
Cast: Arturo Goetz, Inés Efron, Carlos Bermejo, Eugenia Capizzano and Oscar Martínez
Comedy, PG, Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
(Argentina/Spain/France/Italy)
"A different film, with style and substance, Burman treats unexpected and surprising things with grandeur."
- Leandro Listorti – ROLLING STONE
"A leisurely, genial look at a man escaping from his insecurities into a surreal fantasy life, keeping the audience guessing what is real, until he floats into maturity."
- Nora Lee Mandel, Film-Forward.com
Synopsis: A comic drama set in Buenos Aires, cultured, prosperous, blessed with three children and many friends, Leonardo and Martha are a truly enviable example of the species "married couple". Leonardo is an author of considerable repute; Martha, a hyperactive housewife with academic interests. Leonardo sits back and observes; Martha forges ahead and acts. An enviable couple? They both begin to question their happiness when Julia, their youngest, marries and leaves Buenos Aires. The house is empty, the children scattered all over the world. For Leonardo and Martha, there are no more excuses for not addressing all those little grievances and annoyances that have piled up over the years. Martha seeks release by going back to the university and surrounding herself with people. Leonardo takes refuge in fantasies that become so real that he can't distinguish them from reality. Argentine director and scriptwriter Daniel Burman ("Lost Embrace" –Double Silver Berlin Bear Winner) – one of Latin America's most widely known filmmakers – takes a humorous and loving look at a fussy, self-absorbed, but lovable artist and his enterprising, own-to-earth wife. A beautifully twisted story and fantastic acting (Almodovar's Cecilia Roth from "Todo Sobre Me Madre") helped the film to an outstanding theatrical start in Argentina.
Official website: www.elnidovacio.comScreening:
Saturday October 24, 2009, 11:00 AM, Imperial 8 Cinemas
Awards:
- NOMINATED, BEST ACTOR (OSCAR MARTÍNEZ), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST FILM, ARGENTINEAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS, 2009
- NOMINATED, GOLDEN STAR, MARRAKECH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2008
- WON, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ACTOR (OSCAR MARTÍNEZ), SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2008
- WINNER, BEST ACTOR - SILVER SHELL, SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL, 2008
- WINNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL, 2008
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