
On her 84th birthday, Emilia gets a call from her sister in Misiones inviting her to be matron of honor at a family wedding. Emilia tells her family that all of them are making the trip. Her two daughters, their husbands and children, one great-grandchild, and one child's friend jam into a camper van atop an old Chevy pickup. They leave from Buenos Aires. Engine trouble, a toothache, a stray dog, mosquitoes, and the heat complicate the journey. Cousins kiss, a melancholy brot... (Full plot summary below)
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On her 84th birthday, Emilia gets a call from her sister in Misiones inviting her to be matron of honor at a family wedding. Emilia tells her family that all of them are making the trip. Her two daughters, their husbands and children, one great-grandchild, and one child's friend jam into a camper van atop an old Chevy pickup. They leave from Buenos Aires. Engine trouble, a toothache, a stray dog, mosquitoes, and the heat complicate the journey. Cousins kiss, a melancholy brother-in-law tries to re-kindle an old flame, and the infant's father shows up uninvited. The screen is full of close ups. "Well, that's life," says Emilia.
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| BBC.comTom DawsonAnother low-budget gem from the New Argentine cinema. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael EspositoThe wedding site at the end of the road offers beautiful vistas overlooking Brazil, but it's hardly worth the trip. |
| VarietyDeborah YoungThe film has humanity to burn, but its loose structure makes it hard to connect with the multiple characters. |
| Movie MetropolisJames PlathProves that Americans don't hold the patent on familial dysfunction, but it's also a sincere personal essay about writer-director Trapero's Argentinean family. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirIt's a profoundly rich and beautiful picture, in its unassuming way close to a masterpiece. |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouLeo GoldsmithThe film sets up a familiar dichotomy: traditional values, common sense, and a sense of nature, contrasted with urban sophistication, neurosis, and selfishness. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezWhile the film is completely unpretentious and moves at a pleasant pace, it's also lightweight. |
| Village VoiceRob NelsonThe repeated sight of cute roadside animals and kissing cousins doesn't much enliven the long trip, and while Graciana Chironi lends humanity to the role of the white-shawl-wearing, high-blood-pressure-battling Gramma, the movie rarely if ever crosses the border between familiarity and surprise. |
| User ReviewLaurie TFamÃlia Rodante (Dir: Pablo Trapero) Não o melhor, mas um grande filme do melhor diretor argentino. |
| User ReviewFernando SExcelente peli con una familia un tanto "enquilombada" que recorre cientos de kilometros para ir a una boda. Altamente recomendable. |