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Suddenly (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 20

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 6.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: This refreshingly offbeat film from Argentina follows a few days in the life of Marcia (Tatiana Saphir), an overweight girl working in a Buenos Aires lingerie shop, whose going-nowhere life is interrupted by a pair of sullen, lesbian... This refreshingly offbeat film from Argentina follows a few days in the life of Marcia (Tatiana Saphir), an overweight girl working in a Buenos Aires lingerie shop, whose going-nowhere life is interrupted by a pair of sullen, lesbian wanderers named Mao (Carla Crespo) and Lenin (Veronica Hassan). Marcia accompanies them semi-unwillingly at knife point, as the three girls embark upon a directionless odyssey involving taxi-jacking, killer whales, sapphic sex, shoplifting, the beach, and a stay at the boarding house of Lenin's chain-smoking Aunt Blanca (Beatriz Thibaudin). It's an impressive debut for director Diego Luhrman, and a jewel in the Argentine New Wave crown. Shot in beautiful 16mm black and white, the film is sparingly, lovingly framed. Great sound and natural music--overheard from radios--substitutes for the film score, allowing emotions and feelings to manifest themselves organically. With its blend of deadpan hipness and a humanistic warmth that uses style and substance in equal measure, SUDDENLY is a direct descendent of the best French New Wave films of the late 1950's and early '60s. Based on the novel LA PRUEBA by Argentine writer Cesar Aria, it was an audience favorite at 2002 international film festivals such as Locarno, Havana, and Buenos Aires. [More]

Starring: Veronica Hassan, Tatiana Saphir, Carla Crespo, Beatriz Thibaudin

Starring: Veronica Hassan, Tatiana Saphir, Carla Crespo, Beatriz Thibaudin

Director: Diego Lerman

Director: Diego Lerman
Screenwriter: Diego Lerman, Maria Meira
Producer: Sebastian Ariel, Nicolás Martínez Zemborain
Composer: Juan Ignacio Bouscayrol
Studio: Empire Pictures

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05/24/07
John Thomason
Orlando Weekly
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Crisply shot in gritty black and white, Suddenly's forceful visual style just doesn't compensate for its hollow psychological core.

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05/16/07
Prairie Miller
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12/06/05
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The movie, filmed in arty black and white, has some nice moments of dialogue and an offbeat, quirky rhythm that is slightly hypnotic at times.

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11/28/03
Randy Cordova
Arizona Republic
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A fantastic feature debut from Argentina's Diego Lerman, Suddenly is a sullen, apathetic black-and-white road movie not to be missed.

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11/17/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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The film has nice black-and-white photography, and attitude to spare, but finally leaves you with that unhappily familiar 'so what?' feeling.

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11/14/03
Walter V. Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle
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The 26-year-old Argentine director Diego Lerman shows a sure hand in his debut, from his contrasty black-and-white compositions to his sly, jumpy edits, reminiscent of Godard.

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10/30/03
Jon Strickland
L.A. Weekly
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Built on small telling gestures and well-observed moments, and periodically rocked by a spasm of everyday weirdness, Suddenly works its charms slowly but steadily.

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10/30/03
Manohla Dargis
Los Angeles Times
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What could have been a twisted Thelma & Louise is more a low-budget, new-wavy exercise in eccentricity and shocking the bourgeoisie.

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10/26/03
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International
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An absorbing film, balancing on the edge of steady.

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09/25/03
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune
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09/07/03
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A quirky, utterly charming road movie from Argentina.

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08/28/03
Ken Fox
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An illustration of what happens when new blood hits old or inert cinema: Everything is rejected, or everything is embraced.

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08/28/03
John Anderson
Newsday
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Filmed in a stark, rough, black-and-white style that grabs your sympathy immediately.

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08/28/03
Elvis Mitchell
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It's an unusual and interesting piece of filmmaking.

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08/28/03
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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A humane, unassumingly quirky rumination on chance and caprice.

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08/26/03
Dennis Lim
Village Voice
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