Martin (Hache)

Martin (Hache)

1997 · 134 min · ES · NR · 7.5 (79 votes)
Dir. Adolfo Aristarain · Starring Federico Luppi, Juan Diego Botto, Eusebio Poncela, Cecilia Roth, Ana María Picchio, Sancho Gracia

Don't work. Don't want to study. I'm not a bum. I want to be free.

Drama

An emotionally distant father attempts to reconnect with the son he abandoned. After his estranged son (Juan Diego Botto) tries to commit suicide, Argentine expat Martín (Federico Luppi) brings the troubled teen to live with him in Spain. But though Martín tries to reach out to his son, he's unable to bond with anyone in his life -- including his much-younger girlfriend

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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