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Valentín (2002)

Valentín poster
Directed by
Alejandro Agresti
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina, France, Netherlands, Italy
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 117 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An eight-year-old boy named Valentín lives with his grandmother in Buenos Aires. He dreams of becoming an astronaut while dealing with his absent father and trying to understand the adults around him.

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What happens

Valentín is a 2002 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film features Rodrigo Noya as Valentín and Carmen Maura as the grandmother. Director Alejandro Agresti also stars as Valentín's father. The story revolves around the world of an eight-year-old boy, Valentín (Noya), who dreams of one day becoming an astronaut. While caught in the middle of his family, he attempts to better the bewildering world around him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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