Tuesday, June 19, 1:30 p.m. Castro
BAY AREA PREMIERE
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| Mi mejor amigo (My Best Friend) |
Lorenzo (Angelo Mutti Spinetta, pictured right) is a quiet teenager, living in Los Antiguos, a small town in southern Argentina, with his parents and his younger brother (played by his real-life brother). Then a friend of his father’s sends his son CaĆto (Lautaro RodrĆguez, pictured left) to stay with them indefinitely. Lorenzo and CaĆto become friends, and Lorenzo develops feelings for CaĆto.
It is certainly a beautiful film, but I found the character of CaĆto difficult to relate to. He spends so much of the movie just being an obnoxious jerk, mostly at Lorenzo’s expense, that it’s hard to see what Lorenzo sees in him, beyond the eternal allure of “the bad boy.” Still, Spinetta’s performance redeems the film somewhat, enough that I give it a Highly recommended.
• IMDb • Facebook: @MiMejorAmigoFilm • trailer (YouTube) •
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