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ROMPECABEZAS (OFFICIAL COMPETITION BERLINALE 2010)
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Completed - SPANISH - Drama, Comedy, Family - 87 minutes

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2010 (Debut)
Full history

Year of production : 2009

Director(s) : Natalia SMIRNOFF
Writer(s) : Natalia SMIRNOFF
Cast : María ONETTO, Gabriel GOITY, Arturo GOETZ, Mirta WONS, Henny TRAILES

Producer(s) : Gabriel PASTORE (Carrousel Films), Luis SARTOR (Zarlek Producciones), Caroline DHAINAUT (Las Niñas Pictures)

Synopsis

Maria del Carmen celebrates her 50th birthday. She has not celebrated anything for a long time. Her sons are leaving. Her "mother's period" is reaching an end.
This is when a present appears. It uncovers an unknown passion in her, that chance to start doing something incredibly well, hidden up to then: the puzzle.
This becomes her great moment. She starts to get obsessed; everything turns into anxiety to be there, assembling. Assembling puzzles becomes the center of her life. Her family questions this time devoted to a non-productive activity. She cannot take this questioning. She decides to go underground, to be let alone with her passion.
The pursuit of the game leads her to Roberto, a millionaire that wants to participate in the Puzzle World Championship, in Germany. And for that, he is willing to train hard.
She is a middle-class housewife from the outskirts of Buenos Aires, all these represent a hole new world for her, but he insists and she accepts to start playing.
The puzzle turns into a symbol of change that takes her to discover a new María del Carmen who must decide on her own place in the world.

Production

Country(ies) : ARGENTINA, FRANCE

AUSTRALIA SBS TELEVISION
BELGIUM May 04, 2011 CINEMIEN (BELGI
FRANCE CINÉLATINO, REN
FRANCE Jun 23, 2010 SOPHIE DULAC DI
ITALY CINEAMA
JAPAN TWIN CO., LTD
MEXICO CANANA
POLAND May 06, 2011 GUTEK FILM LTD
SPAIN May 06, 2011 GOLEM DISTRIBUC
SWEDEN Sep 10, 2010 FOLKETS BIO
TAIWAN JOINT ENTERTAIN
UNITED KIN NEW WAVE FILMS

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