Martin (Hache)

Martin (Hache)

1997 · 134 min · ES · NR · 7.5 (111 votes)
Dir. Adolfo Aristarain · Starring Federico Luppi, Juan Diego Botto, Eusebio Poncela, Cecilia Roth, Ana María Picchio, Sancho Gracia

“He doesn’t work. He doesn’t want to study. He’s not a bum. He wants to be free.”

Drama

After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexual actor friend, Dante.

VIBE

A quiet, character-focused drama that explores the deep, often unspoken pain of fractured family ties. It feels like a long, slow exhale, filled with regret and the hesitant hope for connection.

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