The New York Times by Dana Stevens
This is a small movie about a small world, but its modesty is part of what makes it durable and satisfying.
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Argentina, France, Italy · 2004
1h 39m
Director Daniel Burman
Starring Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg, Jorge D'Elía, Sergio Boris
Genre Drama
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Ariel has never understood why his father left him when he was a baby to fight in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. When his father returns to Buenos Aires, Ariel confronts him and discovers the reason behind his father’s decision, embarking on a complex journey in search of his personal and cultural identity.
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The New York Times by Dana Stevens
This is a small movie about a small world, but its modesty is part of what makes it durable and satisfying.
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Lively, gentle, smart.
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Daniel Burman examines the ways people cope with the passing of time, whether it's weary mall employees, a broken family or the diminishing Argentinean-Jewish community.
Argentinean writer-director Daniel Burman uses a shaky handheld camera and voice-over narration to take us inside Ariel's head, which gets a bit exhausting, even in the more emotionally satisfying second half.
Despite an absurdly melodramatic premise, Lost Embrace is an essentially plotless series of riffs and jokes. It's 20 minutes too long--forgivable in view of Burman's affection for his material.
A general lack of drama, a low-budget documentary feel and an ultraslim storyline are more than compensated for by a sterling script and performances.
If you have the stomach - or the Dramamine - it's a touching, humorous take on Jewish life in contemporary Argentina.
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
The film takes a whimsical view of this insular and sometimes daft environment where everyone's eccentricities are given an opportunity to shine.
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
It's in the brightly observed vignettes from mall-society life, captured with a low-key, on-the-run visual style, that Burman shows his best stuff and deadpan wit.
The tedious film might have been worth watching if Burman had given reasons to care about Ariel or anyone else. He doesn't and we don't.
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