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Roma (2004 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Roma' is a 2004 Argentine-Spanish drama film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Juan Diego Botto, Sus Pecoraro and Jos Sacristn..
Plot
Young journalist Manuel Cueto (Juan Diego Botto) is sent by his publisher boss to help solitary novelist Joaqun Gez (Jos Sacristn) finish his long-overdue last book. Brought out of his loneliness by the young man, Joaqun reminisces about his youth and experiences in Buenos Aires, as well as his intense relationship with his mother Roma.
Cast
* Juan Diego Botto as Manuel Cueto/Joaco
* Sus Pecoraro as Roma Di Toro
* Jos Sacristn as Joaqun Gez
* Agustn Garve as Joaco
* Vando Villamil as teo Di Toro
* Marcela Kloosterboer as Rene
* Maximiliano Ghione as Guido
* Marina Glezer as Alicia
* Gustavo Garzn as Joaqun father
* Carla Crespo as Betty
* Marcos Mundstock as Gustavo Smirnoff
* Ral Rizzo as Doctor Cassano
* Jean Pierre Noher as Pando
* Alberto Jimnez as Publisher (son)
* Mara 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 Sebastin 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."[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117924405.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&query=roma+Adolfo+Aristarain+review Holland, Jonathan]. 'Variety', film review, July 15, 2004. Last accessed: February 17, 2008.
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2004
* List of Argentine films of 2004
References
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