Common Places ( Lugares comunes )

Common Places (DVD) (*)

$21.99

Original Title: Lugares comunes
Screened, competed or awarded at:
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
108 min + 44 min extra

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Storyboards
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
Argentina ( Latin America, Mexico )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Adolfo Aristarain

Written By:
Adolfo Aristarain
Lorenzo F. Aristarain (novel)

Actors:
Federico Luppi ..... Fernando Robles
Mercedes Sampietro ..... Liliana Rovira
Arturo Puig ..... Carlos Solla
Carlos Santamaría ..... Pedro Robles
Valentina Bassi ..... Natacha
María Fiorentino ..... Tutti Tudela
Claudio Rissi ..... Demedio
Yael Barnatán ..... Fabiana

Synopsis:

In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to live with his pension. The crisis in Argentina does not allow Fernando to get a new job, and his wife decides to sell her family's apartment and move to a small farm near Villa Dolores to reduce their expenses. Fernando comes up with the idea to grow lavender and sell the oil to the perfume industry.

Acclaimed director Adolfo Aristarain's COMMON GROUND provides a compelling mix of family drama and biting social commentary. When his university suggests that aging Literature professor Fernando Robles (Federico Luppi) retire, they intend it as more than mere suggestion. The downward-spiraling economy plaguing Argentina in the early 21st century caused mass unemployment, and the middle-class could not count themselves as secure in their economic status. Fernando and his wife Lili (Mercedes Sampietro) confront this reality pragmatically, but the stress and conflict greatly test their marriage. The family's economic worries also take their toll on Fernando's relationship with his son Pedro (Pablo Rago). Though Fernando refuses assistance, he resents his son for moving away from Argentina when it most needs resourceful citizens. The drastic changes that Fernando and Lili must make resonate universally, and illustrate the difficult balance struck between government, industry, and individual well-being.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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