Roma (2004 film)

Roma
Roma
	DVD Cover
Directed by	Adolfo Aristarain
Screenplay by	Mario Camus; Kathy Saavedra
Story by	Adolfo Aristarain
Produced by	José Antonio Félez
Starring	Juan Diego Botto; Susú Pecoraro; José Sacristán
Cinematography	José Luis Alcaine
Edited by	Fernando Pardo
Release dates	15 April 2004 (Argentina); 18 September 2004 (Spain);
Running time	155 minutes
Countries	Spain; Argentina;
Language	Spanish

Roma is a 2004 Argentine-Spanish drama film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Juan Diego Botto, Susú Pecoraro and José Sacristán.^[1]

Plot[]

Young journalist Manuel Cueto (Juan Diego Botto) is sent by his publisher boss to help solitary novelist Joaquín Góñez (José Sacristán) finish his long-overdue last book. Brought out of his loneliness by the young man, Joaquín reminisces about his youth and experiences in Buenos Aires, as well as his intense relationship with his mother Roma.

Cast[]

Juan Diego Botto as Manuel Cueto/Joaco
Susú Pecoraro as Roma Di Toro
José Sacristán as Joaquín Góñez
as Joaco
as Áteo Di Toro
Marcela Kloosterboer as Reneé
as Guido
as Alicia
Gustavo Garzón as Joaquín father
as Betty
Marcos Mundstock as Gustavo Smirnoff
as Doctor Cassano
Jean Pierre Noher as Pando
as Publisher (son)
María Galiana as Portera
Jane Darwell as Ma Joad (archive footage)
Henry Fonda as Tom Joad (archive footage)

Critical reception[]

Jonathan Holland, film critic for Variety magazine and reporting from the San Sebastián International Film Festival, liked the film and wrote, "Argentine helmer Adolfo Aristarain turns a compassionate eye toward his own spiritual and political education in the rangy, quietly affecting and rewardingly intense Roma, his most achieved work to date. Lengthy, but not over-long, rites-of-passage yarn takes one young man's life as the focal point for the struggles which tore Argentina apart in the late '60s and '70s, as well as being an homage to the dangerous pleasures of self-discovery. Film garnered positive reactions at home on its spring release and has the emotional coherence to strike universal chords offshore."^[2]

References[]

^ Roma at IMDb.
^ Holland, Jonathan. Variety, film review, July 15, 2004. Last accessed: February 17, 2008.

External links[]

Roma at IMDb
Roma at AllMovie
Roma at the cinenacional.com (in Spanish)
Roma review at La Nación by Diego Batlle (in Spanish)
Roma scene on YouTube

[1] Roma at IMDb.

[2] Holland, Jonathan. Variety, film review, July 15, 2004. Last accessed: February 17, 2008.

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