Hermanas
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| Directed by | Julia Solomonoff |
| Produced by | Mariela Besuievski Pablo Bossi Florencia Enghel Gerardo Herrero Vanessa Ragone Walter Salles Ariel Saúl |
| Written by | Julia Solomonoff |
| Starring | Valeria Bertuccelli Ingrid Rubio Adrián Navarro |
| Music by | Jorge Drexler Lucio Godoy |
| Cinematography | Ramiro Civita |
| Editing by | Rosario Suárez |
| Distributed by | Cinema Tropical |
| Release date(s) | Argentina: April 14, 2005 |
| Running time | 88 minutes 100 minutes (USA) |
| Country |  Argentina Brazil Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
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Hermanas (English: Sisters) is an Argentine, Brazilian, and Spanish film released in 2005, written and directed by Julia Solomonoff, her first feature film.[1]
The picture has a number of producers, including: Mariela Besuievski, Pablo Bossi, Florencia Enghel, Gerardo Herrero, Vanessa Ragone, Walter Salles, and Ariel Saúl.
The film stars Valeria Bertuccelli and Ingrid Rubio.
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[edit] Plot
During the political turmoil in Argentina two sisters flee their country 1976, right after Natalia's politically active boyfriend Martin disappeares; one goes to Spain, and the other to Texas, USA.
After eight years in Spain, Natalia (Ingrid Rubio) travels to Texas to visit her sister, Elena (Valeria Bertuccelli), who's now a suburban wife and mother.
She brings with her their father's manuscript of his last novel. The unpublished novel reveals the story of their family during the dictatorship.
Using extensive flashbacks of the sisters early years in Argentina during the junta dictatorship, the director reveals family guilt and suppressed resentment.
[edit] Exhibition
The film was first presented at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema on April 14, 2005. It opened wide in the country on April 28, 2005.
The film was screened at various film festivals, including: the Toronto Film Festival, Canada, on September 9, 2005; the São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil; the Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain; the Bangkok International Film Festival, Thailand; the Toulouse Latin America Film Festival, France; and others.
In the United States it opened in New York City on December 6, 2006.
A DVD, Region 2, was released in Europe on May 16, 2006 by Cameo Media.
[edit] Background
- Further information: Dirty War
The film is based on the real political events that took place in Argentina after Jorge Rafael Videla's reactionary military junta assumed power in March 24, 1976. During the junta's rule: the parliament was suspended, unions, political parties and provincial governments were banned, and in what became known as the Dirty War between 9,000 and 30,000 people deemed left-wing "subversives" disappeared from society.[2]
[edit] Critical reception
The film was well received by film critics.
Jeannette Catsoulis, who writes for The New York Times liked the film, especially the acting of Valeria Bertuccelli and Ingrid Rubio. She wrote, "Though constrained by a directing style that insists on coloring within the lines, the movie is most successful in the rocky emotional spaces in which the sisters renegotiate their relationship and in which Elena, struggling with English, endures the painful process of assimilation...both actresses make their director look very good indeed."[3]
Critic V.A. Mesetto thought the screenplay was predictable but also likes the acting. He wrote, "Solomonoff draws out vivid performances by Valeria Bertuccelli (Elena) and Ingrid Rubio (Natalia) that make up for the script's predictability."[4]
[edit] Cast and ratings
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| Argentina: | 13 |
| United States: | Not Rated |
- Valeria Bertuccelli as Elena Levín
- Ingrid Rubio as Natalia Levin
- Adrián Navarro as Sebastián Morini
- Nicolás Pauls as Martín García Solís
- Milton De La Canal as Tomás Morini
- Horacio Peña as David Levin
- Mónica Galán as Marta Levín
- Eusebio Poncela as Luis Morini
- Pedro Balmaceda as Steve
- Gustavo Pastorini as American Tourist
[edit] Gallery of screen images
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 Ingrid Rubio. |
 Ingrid Rubio and Valeria Bertuccelli. |
[edit] Awards
Nominations
- Valladolid International Film Festival: Golden Spike, Julia Solomonoff; 2005.
- Butaca Awards: Butaca; Best Catalan Film Actress, Ingrid Rubio; 2006.
- Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Actress, Valeria Bertuccelli; Best Costume Design, Beatriz De Benedetto and Fátima Macera; 2006.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Hermanas at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ The Vanished Gallery.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette. The New York Times, film review, "A Long Way Traveled, With Farther Still to Go," December 6, 2006.
- ^ Mesetto,V.A. The New York Post film review, "Secrets of the Argentine Sisterhood," December 8, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Hermanas at Metacritic.
- Hermanas at the cinenacional.com (Spanish).
