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2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
) is an
Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
and Spanish drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by
Adolfo Aristarain Adolfo Aristarain (born October 19, 1943) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter who is famous for his filmic sophistication and subtle examination of issues of political oppression. '' Variety'' has deemed him "a master filmmaker." Bi ...
. The film marks the seventh collaboration between Aristarain and actor Federico Luppi. It also stars Mercedes Sampietro and Arturo Puig.


Synopsis

After being forced to retire, literature professor Fernando Robles ( Federico Luppi) and his wife Liliana ( Mercedes Sampietro) are forced to reevaluate their lives and make major changes in them. These include setting the record straight with their son, exiled in Madrid and starting out a new life. They decide to buy a small lavender farm in Córdoba from a widowed man, Zacarías, and with the aid of their lawyer friend Carlos ( Arturo Puig), attempt to start out their new business. Along the way, Fernando, an aspiring writer himself, jots down notes and ideas for a novel in a book, which he frequently narrates in voice-overs. But this attempt at a new life is cut short when Fernando suddenly contracts pneumonia one cold night on the mountains. He is hospitalized and dies over a week, with enough time to bid farewell to his family and tell his wife all he never said out loud. Liliana rejects the help of the sympathetic Carlos and the offer from her son Pedro to come live with his family in Spain. She opts to carry on her late husband's attempt of a new life, and stays in the farm Fernando helped rebuild.


Cast

* Federico Luppi ... Fernando Robles * Mercedes Sampietro ... Liliana Rovira * Arturo Puig ... Carlos Sulla * Carlos Santamaria ... Pedro Robles * Valentina Bassi ... Natacha *
Claudio Rissi Claudio is an Italian language, Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan language, Catalan and Occitan language, Occitan it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudia (gens), ...
... Demedio


Awards and Nomination


See also

* List of Spanish films of 2002


External links

* 2002 films Argentine drama films Spanish drama films 2002 drama films 2000s political films 2000s Spanish-language films Films featuring a Best Actress Goya Award-winning performance 2000s Argentine films 2000s Spanish films {{2000s-Argentina-film-stub