Autumn Sun

Autumn Sun (Spanish: Sol de otoño) is a 1996 Argentine drama film directed by Eduardo Mignogna and starring Norma Aleandro and Federico Luppi. It was written by Mignogna and Santiago Carlos Oves. Lita Stantic was the executive producer.

Autumn Sun
English DVD Cover
Directed byEduardo Mignogna
Written byEduardo Mignogna
Santiago Carlos Oves
Produced byExecutive Producer:
Lita Stantic
Eduardo Mignogna
StarringNorma Aleandro
Federico Luppi
Narrated byBobby Flores
CinematographyMarcelo Camorino
Edited byJavier del Pino
Juan Carlos Macías
Music byEdgardo Rudnitzky
Distributed byPathé
Release date
  • 8 August 1996 (1996-08-08) (Argentina)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish
Box office270,000 admissions (Argentina)[1]

In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 20th position.[2]

Plot

Clara Goldstein (Norma Aleandro) is a Jewish woman who places a personal ad in the Buenos Aires newspaper requesting the company of an older Jewish man. Her sole respondent, Raul Ferraro (Federico Luppi) turns out to be a Gentile from Uruguay. Clara at first spurns him, but soon she realizes she needs him: Her brother is coming to visit her from Boston, and she has been lying to him about being in a romantic relationship. Raul goes along with the ruse. Not long after, the couple begin to fall in love.

Cast
  • Norma Aleandro as Clara Goldstein
  • Federico Luppi as Raul Ferraro
  • Jorge Luz as Palomino
  • Cecilia Rossetto as Leticia
  • Roberto Carnaghi as Cohen
  • Erasmo Olivera as Nelson
  • Nicolás Goldschmidt as Wilson
  • Gabriela Acher as Silvia

Reception

Critic Russell Smith lauded the film and especially the acting wrote, "Not only do Luppi (Men with Guns, Cronos) and Aleandro present images of mature ardor that compare favorably with the late-career work of Mastroianni and Loren, they also impressively overcome certain Hollywood-like contrivances of plot and dialogue the latter two actors seldom had to contend with. It's a tribute to these stars that, even given the trite situation of the love-shy odd couple gradually facing the inevitable, every halting step they take toward each other feels like a mini-triumph of love's power over the schoolmarmish intellect. They portray with touching specificity what it's like to crave total surrender to love even after long years of experience have proven the foolhardiness of such blind leaps. Not even the blatantly market-tested ending (a malady that seems to be spreading worldwide like Hong Kong flu) detracts from the pleasure of this admirable, eminently watchable date flick. Well worth the price of admission, whether or not you qualify for the senior discount."[3]

It was the most popular Argentinian film for the first nine months of the year with 270,000 admissions.[1]

Awards

Wins

Nominations
  • Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Best Music, Edgardo Rudnitzky; Best Screenplay, Original), Eduardo Mignogna and Santiago Carlos Oves; Best Supporting Actress, Gabriela Acher; 2007.
  • San Sebastián International Film Festival: Golden Seashell, Eduardo Mignogna; 2006.

References
  1. "Top 10 Films 1996 (Jan-Sept)". Screen International. 1 November 1996. p. 13.
  2. "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La Mirada Cautiva. Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken (3): 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
  3. Smith, Russell Archived 15 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine. The Austin Chronicle, film review, November 2, 1998. Last accessed: January 17, 2008.
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