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Un Argentino en New York
Un Argentino en New York is a 1998 Argentine film directed by Juan Jose Jusid and starring Guillermo Francella and Natalia Oreiro. It is the story of an Argentine adolescent girl who travels to New York, and decides to stay and live there. Her father makes the decision to go to New York, a place where he has never been, to meet her daughter and try to bring her back to Buenos Aires. During his journey hell discover that his daughter has grown, formed a music band and met an American man who she loves.
Plot summary
Un Argentino en New York tells us the story of Franco Ricci (Guillermo Francella) and his daughter Veronica (Natalia Oreiro). Franco is a porteno who is very sentimental, a musician, separated and with a couple of dreams. Veronica, a brave young girl, attractive and intelligent, who always obtains what she wants.
While Veroncia was traveling through New York, she surprisingly decided to stay and live in the city. When Franco, her father, heard the news; he decides to travel and pay her a visit with the goal of bringing her back to Argentina.
Even though its hard for Franco to admit it, hell discover that in the past months Veronica has grown and is more mature. She has formed a music band called The Veronikos, they debuted in a cafe and they have shown that they could succeed in the music industry. She has also fallen in love of an American boy, which will bring jealousy to her father.
The movie takes place in New York, a vertiginous city and unknown to Franco, which will bring all different types of hilarious adventures. After the whole journey through Manhattan, it will bring all sorts of feelings between father and daughter, which will change their lives.
Between laughs and tears, Un Argentino en New York shares with us the journey in which a father realizes that her daughter is no longer a teenager, and has turned into a woman.
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