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A Place in the World

Un lugar en el mundo

1992

Adolfo Aristarain

Federico Luppi, Cecilia Roth, José Sacristán, Leonor Benedetto ...

7.8

22,733

Drama Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda, a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer -- surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which would drive the peasants from the land into the cities. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"One of the triumphs of the film (...) is its portrayal of Mario, Ana and Nelda as complex, quirky adults with genuinely noble instincts"	POS
United Kingdom	Wally Hammond Time Out	"Aristarain lavishes this unremarkable scenario with highly nuanced attention to character, mood and structure, and produces a film of quiet profundity"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"A sensitive, beautifully made coming-of-age story (...) Featuring a cast of strong characters (...) this is that rare case of a film that's not just lovely -- it's lively, too."	POS
United States	John Petrakis Chicago Tribune	"'A Place in the World' may be a bit obvious, a tad preachy and about 25 minutes too long, but its pointy head and big heart are in the right places (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU

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