Lost Embrace (2003)

Original title

El abrazo partido

Directed by

Daniel Burman

Genre

drama film, comedy film, comedy drama

Country

Argentina, France, Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in Buenos Aires runs a small shop in a fading shopping arcade. He grapples with his family's Polish Jewish background and his own sense of belonging.

quirkycontemplativemelancholicgroundedgently comicintimatenostalgic

What happens

Lost Embrace (Spanish: El abrazo partido) is a 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Daniel Burman and written by Burman and Marcelo Birmajer. The film features Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg, Jorge D'Elía, among others. The film was Argentina's official selection for the 2004 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, though it was not nominated. The comedy-drama tells of Ariel Makaroff, the grandson of Holocaust-era Polish refugees, who is currently on a complex search for his personal and cultural identity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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