Category Archives: Cecilia Roth
Private Lives (2001)
“Anyone who survives has to change.” 42-year-old Carmen (Cecilia Roth) leaves Madrid and returns home to her native Argentina to visit her dying father. She’s lived in Spain for the past twenty years with infrequent, brief trips home. Carmen has … Continue reading
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Beyond Desire (AKA Desire/Deseo) 2002
“Someone who betrays his ideals, particularly in bed, is very dangerous.” Passion, and adultery flourish on opposing sides of the ideological fence in the Spanish drama Beyond Desire (AKA Deseo). It’s 1945, and Elvira (Leonor Watling) lives with her zombie-like … Continue reading
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Lucia, Lucia (2003)
“Silence is a friend who’ll never betray you.” Lucia, Lucia is a film that proves that exciting things are happening in Mexican cinema. Lucia (Cecilia Roth) is the heroine of this tangled tale, and the story begins when her husband … Continue reading
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Place in the World (1992)
“When you find your own place, you can’t desert it.” A Place in the World–an Argentinean film–is a frame story. It begins with the adult Ernesto (Mariano Ortega) traveling back into the Argentinean countryside to his family’s former home, and … Continue reading
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Martin (Hache) 1997
“You are as immoral as I am, but you don’t practice it.” Martin (Hache) is a splendid character-driven drama from Argentinean director Adolfo Aristarain. The film focuses on the relationships between four diverse characters–Hache also known as ‘Jay’ (Juan Diego … Continue reading
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