Medianeras
Whereas most romancers begin with a meet-cute between a couple destined to be together, Gustavo Taretto's fresh and immensely likable Medianeras builds to the moment its central characters meet. In the interim, Taretto's charming debut spends its time getting to know these two lonely souls, revealing through their isolation and anxieties the all-too-familiar feelings that define modern life.
(...) Buenos Aires is a crowded honeycomb of mismatched skyscrapers, its uneven hide disfigured by billboards and choked by powerlines (...). Martin holds architects accountable, and though the living quarters may be tiny and dehumanizing, the crowd outside one's front door is intimidating enough to render a normal person agoraphobic. And so he sits at his computer, conducting life via the Internet.
Mariana studied to be an architect, but never quite made a career of it, spending her time instead designing shop windows. Broken-hearted (...) [s]he's open to love, hungry for it even, but doesn't know where to look.
Although Taretto shares [Woody] Allen's self-deprecating wit, his sensibility comes from a visual place more in keeping with the likes of Michel Gondry. Medianeras is filled to bursting with clever stylistic ideas (...).
Peter Debruge, Variety
Duration: 95 min
Dialogue: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Age limit: K7
