The Puzzle ( Rompecabezas )

The Puzzle (DVD) (*)

$37.99

Original Title: Rompecabezas
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival

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

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
86 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Argentina ( Latin America, Mexico )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Natalia Smirnoff

Written By:
Natalia Smirnoff

Actors:
María Onetto ..... María del Carmen
Gabriel Goity ..... Juan
Arturo Goetz ..... Roberto
Henny Trayles ..... Carlotta
Felipe Villanueva ..... Juan Pablo
Julián Doregger ..... Iván
Nora Zinsky ..... Raquel
Marcela Guerty ..... Susana
Mirta Wons ..... Graciela
Mercedes Fraile ..... Carmen
Denise Groesman ..... Victoria
Jimena Ruiz-Echazú ..... Carla
Pacho Guerty ..... Pedro
Nestor Caniglia ..... Ricardo
Carolina Adamovsky ..... Recepcionista

Synopsis:

Puzzle tells the story of Maria del Carmen, a woman who devotes herself to her husband and grown-up children, but whose family somewhat takes her for granted. Her routine life takes a complete turn when, on her fiftieth birthday, she receives a puzzle as a gift. Maria del Carmen quickly discovers that she has a talent to piece puzzles together, quickly and efficiently. Without letting her family know, she answers an ad requesting a partner to participate in an important tournament. Her new ambition becomes winning the national round in order to represent Argentina, in a world contest which will take place in Germany. The first film written and directed by Natalia Smirnoff, Puzzle premiered at Berlin Film Festival and has been praised for its nuanced approach to a character that slowly but assuredly becomes memorable. An impeccably restrained Maria Onetto shines in a role that confirms her stature in contemporary Latin American cinema.

Maria's husband and children give her a puzzle for her 50th birthday. She's delighted, and finds it a great discovery. Not only does the patient housewife have fun doing the puzzles, she's also really good at them. Overflowing with enthusiasm for her new-found passion, she goes back to the shop where they bought the gift for another puzzle. There her eye is caught by a notice on the message board: "Partner for puzzle tournament wanted". Maria musters her courage and, despite her family's misgivings, answers the announcement.

Her life was missing a piece...until she discovered a secret talent.

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