Empty Nest

El Nido Vacio

(Argentina, Spain, France, Italy, 2008, 91 mins)

35mm

Midwest Premiere

writer: Daniel Burman
cinematography: Hugo Colace
editor: Alejandro Brodersohn
music: Nico Cota, Santiago Rios
costumes: Roberta Pesci
producer: Daniel Burman, Diego Dubcovsky
co-producer: José María Morales, Marc Sillam, Amadeo Pagani
production company: BD Cine, Wanda Vision, Classic, Paradis
cast: Oscar Martínez, Cecilia Roth, Arturo Goetz, Inés Efron, Eugenia Capizzano, Osmar Nuñez, Ron Ritcher, Carlos Bermejo, Jean Pierre Noher

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Cultured, prosperous, blessed with three children and many friends, Leonardo and Martha are a truly enviable example of a married couple. Leonardo is an author of considerable repute; Martha, an energetic housewife with academic interests. But they both begin to question their happiness when Julia, their youngest, marries and leaves Buenos Aires. The house is empty, the children scattered all over the world. For Leonardo and Martha, there are no more excuses for not addressing all those little grievances and annoyances that have piled up over the years. Martha seeks release by going back to the university and surrounding herself with people. Leonardo takes refuge in fantasies touched with magic realism — not everything he sees is real. With strong performances from Cecilia Roth (All About My Mother) and Oscar Martinez and directed by Daniel Burman (Family Law, WFF07; Lost Embrace, WFF05), “Empty Nest is a very mature, intensely emotional and heartfelt story about any parents or fathers who project themselves into the time after the children are gone….In its intelligent, witty, and profound dialogue, it clearly resembles the best work of Woody Allen, but it is an absolutely accomplished and unique work and a masterpiece in its own right.” — Bavaria Film International. 2008 Toronto, Rio de Janeiro, San Sebastián, São Paulo festivals.

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