It also has an almost impressionistic feel, with long stretches without dialogue, just great music and black & white cinematography and a lot of life and beauty.
Suddenly (2003)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:20
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.6/10
Theatrical Release:Aug 27, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: This refreshingly offbeat film from Argentina follows a few days in the life of Marcia (Tatiana Saphir), an overweight girl working in a Buenos Aires lingerie shop, whose going-nowhere life is... This refreshingly offbeat film from Argentina follows a few days in the life of Marcia (Tatiana Saphir), an overweight girl working in a Buenos Aires lingerie shop, whose going-nowhere life is interrupted by a pair of sullen, lesbian wanderers named Mao (Carla Crespo) and Lenin (Veronica Hassan). Marcia accompanies them semi-unwillingly at knife point, as the three girls embark upon a directionless odyssey involving taxi-jacking, killer whales, sapphic sex, shoplifting, the beach, and a stay at the boarding house of Lenin's chain-smoking Aunt Blanca (Beatriz Thibaudin). It's an impressive debut for director Diego Luhrman, and a jewel in the Argentine New Wave crown. Shot in beautiful 16mm black and white, the film is sparingly, lovingly framed. Great sound and natural music--overheard from radios--substitutes for the film score, allowing emotions and feelings to manifest themselves organically. With its blend of deadpan hipness and a humanistic warmth that uses style and substance in equal measure, SUDDENLY is a direct descendent of the best French New Wave films of the late 1950's and early '60s. Based on the novel LA PRUEBA by Argentine writer Cesar Aria, it was an audience favorite at 2002 international film festivals such as Locarno, Havana, and Buenos Aires. [More]
Starring: Veronica Hassan, Tatiana Saphir, Carla Crespo, Beatriz Thibaudin
Starring: Veronica Hassan, Tatiana Saphir, Carla Crespo, Beatriz Thibaudin
Director: Diego Lerman
Director: Diego Lerman
Screenwriter: Diego Lerman, Maria Meira
Producer: Sebastian Ariel, Nicolás Martínez Zemborain
Composer: Juan Ignacio Bouscayrol
Studio: Empire Pictures
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Reviews for Suddenly
Has a refreshingly simple look and feel; shots are not intricately choreographed, and there are no perfectly placed musical cues to garishly indicate where a laugh, cry or gasp is requested.
The film's charm rests in the fact that nobody behaves the way you expect them to.
The film is promising and wonderful, needing maybe only a few minutes' editing down.
Becomes a low-key and rather sweet study of three young women who are more capable of tenderness than they initially seem.
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