Adiós Buenos Aires

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Adiós Buenos Aires

Released May 3

1h 33m

Drama

Comedy

Music

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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....

Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

A fresh and hopeful perspective, in which humor frequently intrudes. [Full review in Spanish]

May 25, 2024

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Ayla Ruby

Loud and Clear Reviews

German Kral’s tango-filled film Adiós Buenos Aires is a tale of music, love, yearning, and societal collapse in Argentina.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 20, 2024

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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

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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

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Engrossing, gentle and sweet, but slightly contrived, unfocused and sugar-coated.

Apr 29, 2024

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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

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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

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Julio Färber

Marina Bellati

Mariela Martínez

Carlos Portaluppi

Carlos Acosta

Manuel Vicente

Atilio Fernández

Rafael Spregelburd

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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