Roma (2004 film)

Infobox Film
name = Roma


caption = Theatrical Poster
director = Adolfo Aristarain
producer = José Antonio Félez
writer = Story:
Adolfo Aristarain
Screenplay:
Mario Camus
Kathy Saavedra
narrator =
starring = Juan Diego Botto
Susú Pecoraro
José Sacristán
music =
cinematography = José Luis Alcaine
editing = Fernando Pardo
distributor =
released = Argentina:
April 15, 2004
Spain:
September 18, 2004
runtime = 155 minutes
country = Argentina
Spain
language = Spanish
budget =
website =
amg_id = 1:310725
imdb_id = 0383862

"Roma" (2004) is a Argentine and Spanish film released in 2004 directed by Adolfo Aristarain. The picture stars Juan Diego Botto, Susú Pecoraro and José Sacristán. [imdb title|id=0383862|title=Roma.]

Plot

Young journalist Manuel Cueto (Juan Diego Botto) is sent by his publisher boss to help solitary novelist Joaquín Góñez (José Sacristán) finish his long-overdue last book.

Brought out of his loneliness by the young man, Joaquín reminisces about his youth in Buenos Aires and his intense relationship with his mother Roma.

Cast

* Juan Diego Botto as Manuel Cueto/Joaco
* Susú Pecoraro as Roma Di Toro
* José Sacristán as Joaquín Góñez
* Agustín Garvíe as Joaco
* Vando Villamil as Áteo Di Toro
* Marcela Kloosterboer as Reneé
* Maximiliano Ghione as Guido
* Marina Glezer as Alicia
* Gustavo Garzón as Joaquín father
* Carla Crespo as Betty
* Marcos Mundstock as Gustavo Smirnoff
* Raúl Rizzo as Doctor Cassano
* Jean Pierre Noher as Pando
* Alberto Jiménez as Publisher (son)
* María 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 Sebastián 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." [ [http://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.]

Exhibition

The film premiered in Argentina on April 15, 2004. Later in the year it was presented at the Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival on September 19, 2004. In Spain it opened wide on October 1, 2004.

The picture screened at various film festivals, including: the Seattle International Film Festival, United States; the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil; the Toulouse Cinespaña Film Festival, France; and others.

Awards

Wins
* Clarín Awards: Clarín Award; Best Film Actress, Susú Pecoraro; 2994.
* Havana Film Festival: Audience Award, Adolfo Aristarain; Best Actress, Susú Pecoraro; Best Screenplay, Adolfo Aristarain, Mario Camus and Kathy Saavedra; 2004.
* Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Actress, Susú Pecoraro; Best Director, Adolfo Aristarain; Best Film; 2005.
* Toulouse Cinespaña: Best Actress, Susú Pecoraro; Best Screenplay, Adolfo Aristarain, Kathy Saavedra and Mario Camus; "Violette d'Or", Adolfo Aristarain; 2005.

Nominations
* San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain: Golden Seashell, Adolfo Aristarain; 2004.
* Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor, Best Art Direction, Jorge Ferrari; Best Cinematography, José Luis Alcaine; Best Costume Design, Valentina Bari and Kathy Saavedra; Best Editing, Fernando Pardo; Best New Actress, Marcela Kloosterboer; Best Original Screenplay, Adolfo Aristarain, Mario Camus and Kathy Saavedra; Best Sound, Daniel Goldstein and Ricardo Steinberg; 2005.
* Goya Awards, Spain: Goya, Best Cinematography, José Luis Alcaine; Best Director, Adolfo Aristarain; Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Adolfo Aristarain, Mario Camus and Kathy Saavedra; 2005.

References

External links

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* [http://www.cinenacional.com/peliculas/index.php?pelicula=3399 "Roma"] at the cinenacional.com sp icon.
* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/Archivo/Nota.asp?nota_id=592451 "Roma"] review at "La Nacion" by Diego Batlle sp icon.