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Roma (2004 film)
Roma (2004) is a Argentine and Spanish film released in 2004 directed by Adolfo Aristarain. The picture stars Juan Diego Botto, Susu Pecoraro and Jose Sacristan.
Plot
Young journalist Manuel Cueto (Juan Diego Botto) is sent by his publisher boss to help solitary novelist Joaquin Gonez (Jose Sacristan) finish his long-overdue last book.
Brought out of his loneliness by the young man, Joaquin reminisces about his youth in Buenos Aires and his intense relationship with his mother Roma.
Cast
Juan Diego Botto as Manuel Cueto/Joaco
Susu Pecoraro as Roma Di Toro
Jose Sacristan as Joaquin Gonez
Agustin Garvie as Joaco
Vando Villamil as Ateo Di Toro
Marcela Kloosterboer as Renee
Maximiliano Ghione as Guido
Marina Glezer as Alicia
Gustavo Garzon as Joaquin father
Carla Crespo as Betty
Marcos Mundstock as Gustavo Smirnoff
Raul Rizzo as Doctor Cassano
Jean Pierre Noher as Pando
Alberto Jimenez as Publisher (son)
Maria Galiana as Portera
Jane Darwell as Ma Joad (archive footage)
Henry Fonda as Tom Joad (archive footage)
Critical reception
Jonathan Holland, film critic for Variety magazine and reporting from the San Sebastian International Film Festival, liked the film and wrote, "Argentine helmer Adolfo Aristarain turns a compassionate eye toward his own spiritual and political education in the rangy, quietly affecting and rewardingly intense Roma, his most achieved work to date. Lengthy, but not over-long, rites-of-passage yarn takes one young man's life as the focal point for the struggles which tore Argentina apart in the late '60s and '70s, as well as being an homage to the dangerous pleasures of self-discovery. Film garnered positive reactions at home on its spring release and has the emotional coherence to strike universal chords offshore." Holland, Jonathan. Variety, film review, July 15, 2004. Last accessed: February 17, 2008.
Exhibition
The film premiered in Argentina on April 15, 2004. Later in the year it was presented at the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival on September 19, 2004. In Spain it opened wide on October 1, 2004.
The picture screened at various film festivals, including: the Seattle International Film Festival, United States; the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil; the Toulouse Cinespana Film Festival, France; and others.
Awards
Wins
Clarin Awards: Clarin Award; Best Film Actress, Susu Pecoraro; 2994.
Havana Film Festival: Audience Award, Adolfo Aristarain; Best Actress, Susu Pecoraro; Best Screenplay, Adolfo Aristarain, Mario Camus and Kathy Saavedra; 2004.
Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Actress, Susu Pecoraro; Best Director, Adolfo Aristarain; Best Film; 2005.
Toulouse Cinespana: Best Actress, Susu Pecoraro; Best Screenplay, Adolfo Aristarain, Kathy Saavedra and Mario Camus; ''Violette d'Or, Adolfo Aristarain; 2005.
Nominatons
San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain: Golden Seashell, Adolfo Aristarain; 2004.
Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor, Best Art Direction, Jorge Ferrari; Best Cinematography, Jose Luis Alcaine; Best Costume Design, Valentina Bari and Kathy Saavedra; Best Editing, Fernando Pardo; Best New Actress, Marcela Kloosterboer; Best Original Screenplay, Adolfo Aristarain, Mario Camus and Kathy Saavedra; Best Sound, Daniel Goldstein and Ricardo Steinberg; 2005.
Goya Awards, Spain: Goya, Best Cinematography, Jose Luis Alcaine; Best Director, Adolfo Aristarain; Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Adolfo Aristarain, Mario Camus and Kathy Saavedra; 2005.
External links
Roma at the cinenacional.com .
Roma review at La Nacion'' by Diego Batlle .
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