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Adiós Buenos Aires

Released May 3 1h 33m Drama Comedy Music List
86% Tomatometer 7 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Buenos Aires, November 2001. Argentina is embroiled in crisis, with the peso plunging deeper and deeper. Julio Färber, the charismatic bandoneon player of the "Vecinos de Pompeya," a five-piece working-class tango band, is trying to keep his head above water, but every month he is earning less and less from their gigs as well as from the traditional shoe shop he inherited from his father. At the very moment, he takes the decision to leave his beloved Buenos Aires forever, it clearly appears that life is conspiring against him: overnight, the government freezes all bank accounts in the whole country, preventing Julio from purchasing the flight tickets and sparking violent protests throughout the town. And Mariela, a witty young woman, and feisty cab driver, bumps into his car at full speed, damaging Julio's last possession of value before stealing his heart....

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Sergio Burstein Los Angeles Times A fresh and hopeful perspective, in which humor frequently intrudes. [Full review in Spanish] May 25, 2024 Full Review Luis Bond Diario las Américas "Adiós Buenos Aires" reminds us that migrating means exchanging some anxieties for others and that we—and not politicians or external circumstances— ultimately build our homes. [Full Review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 May 9, 2024 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Strong production values add lovely visual textures that add to the film's engaging style. And the script takes a bittersweet approach to the narrative, exploring conflicting emotions in a wide range of characters. Rated: 3.5/5 May 7, 2024 Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Engrossing, gentle and sweet, but slightly contrived, unfocused and sugar-coated. Apr 29, 2024 Full Review Denise Pieniazek Puesta en Escena (AR) The film tells the story of Julio (Diego Cremonesi), an Argentine bandoneon player of German descent, who plans to emigrate to Europe due to the economic crisis that Argentina was going through in 2001. Rated: 7.5/10 Dec 28, 2023 Full Review Alejandro Lingenti La Nación (Argentina) The film celebrates male friendship, revels in nostalgia, is more sentimental than melancholic, and has an air of the most conventional Argentine cinema of the 80s. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 2/5 Dec 14, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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rik b A Wonderful film. Loved every second of this. A nice breath of fresh air in movie making. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Buenos Aires, November 2001. Argentina is embroiled in crisis, with the peso plunging deeper and deeper. Julio Färber, the charismatic bandoneon player of the "Vecinos de Pompeya," a five-piece working-class tango band, is trying to keep his head above water, but every month he is earning less and less from their gigs as well as from the traditional shoe shop he inherited from his father. At the very moment, he takes the decision to leave his beloved Buenos Aires forever, it clearly appears that life is conspiring against him: overnight, the government freezes all bank accounts in the whole country, preventing Julio from purchasing the flight tickets and sparking violent protests throughout the town. And Mariela, a witty young woman, and feisty cab driver, bumps into his car at full speed, damaging Julio's last possession of value before stealing his heart....
Director
German Kral
Screenwriter
German Kral, Stephan Puchner, Fernando Castets
Distributor
Outsider Pictures
Production Co
Monogatari, Horres Film + TV, Lailaps Pictures
Genre
Drama, Comedy, Music
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
May 3, 2024, Limited
Runtime
1h 33m