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Son Of The Bride [DVD]

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  • Format: PAL
  • Language Spanish
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Jun 2006
  • Run Time: 124 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000FDJ3NW
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 19,474 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Argentine director Juan Jose Campanella's Oscar-nominated film is a low-key comedy drama, enhanced by compelling performances from a gifted cast. Middle-aged Rafael Belvedere (Ricardo Darin) yearns for the carefree days of his boyhood, playing Zorro and watching old TV shows with his best friend, when any grief could be dispelled by a batch of his mother's fresh-baked biscuits. At age 42, Rafael is busy running the restaurant he inherited from his parents, successful but dissatisfied with his life. He can't come to terms with his once-vibrant mother's (Norma Aleandro) crippling Alzheimer's, and he feels overwhelmed when his ageing father (Hector Alterio) asks him to help arrange a second marriage ceremony to his wife of 44 years to give her the church wedding she had always wanted. After Rafael suffers a minor heart attack, he decides it's time for a change. He will sell the restaurant and retire to Mexico. This means abandoning not only his career, but his parents, his young daughter (Gimena Nobile), and his girlfriend (Natalia Verbeke). However, with the advice and counsel of his childhood friend, Juan Carlos (Eduardo Blanco), Rafael begins to realise that severing the ties that bind him to his loved ones might be harder than expected. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cartagena Film Festival, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, Oscar Academy Awards, ...Son of the Bride ( El hijo de la novia )

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"Son of the Bride" is a story about family, love, and what is really important in life. It takes place in Argentina, during its 2001 economic crisis, but I think that everybody can relate to the subject it tackles, disregarding the place where one lives.

The main character is Rafael (Ricardo Darín), a self-absorbed man in his forties who runs a prestigious Italian restaurant, "Belvedere". Rafael is separated, and has a daughter he often forgets to pick up due to his numerous responsibilities. Rafael also has a beautiful girlfriend, Naty (Natalia Verbeke), but doesn't pay her enough attention, so their relationship starts to go to the dogs.

Rafael's relationship with Nino (Héctor Alterio), his father, is good, but he hasn't seen her mother Norma (Norma Aleandro) in a year. He had a huge argument with her after dropping out of university, and they stopped talking to each other. Some time after that, his mother got Alzheimer's disease, an illness that made her forgetful and disoriented. As a result of all this, they never really manage to patch things up.

Truth to be told, Rafael doesn't seem to mind. His entire life is his job, and he is content. That is, until he has a heart attack, something that leads him to revaluate his priorities, and to see things from another perspective. An excellent example is that while before he was against his father's idea of marrying Norma in a church (in a belated religious wedding after 44 years of being married), he ends up helping him to do exactly that. In a way, he realizes that even though Norma won't be aware of what exactly is happening, his parents would be doing something terribly important to them.

But will Rafael be able to change his life after making such a tremendous mess out of things?. What is more, will he learn the real meaning of the word "family"?. Watch "Son of the bride", and learn all that, and more. On the whole, highly recommended !!!

Belen Alcat

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
sublime! 17 April 2004
Format:DVD
simple and touching. you can identify yourself to the simplicity of this movie. the relatioships are very true to life and will make you think and analyze your daylife relationship with people. very well acted and also portraying argentina a first world country in the claws of a economical disaster.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Son of the Bride 27 Sep 2010
Format:DVD
It is difficult to rate this item as the subtitles on this DVD are so poor. There can be two or three exchanges between characters before any subtitles appear. Some subtitles simply do not make sense and I had to go to a plot summary in Sight and Sound to understand some of the film. It was if the subtitles were written by someone with limited English and they only translated the words they could understand. These are the worse subtitles I have ever seen on a film and for one that was nominated for an Academy Award it is a disgrace. Having said that, although the film is a little predictable, a forty something male having a midlife crisis, it is charming, well acted and has some moving moments as well as laugh out loud ones. A feel good movie. Darin proves himself to be as good in comedy as in noir thrillers.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
WARNING!! Hardly any subtitles makes this a poor DVD
Having seen this film years ago, I did not read any of the reviews for this DVD, but wish I had, as I could have heeded the warning of others. Read more
Published 12 months ago by hotstickofglue
Perfect
Item received earlier than I expected, nice surprise, excelent condition. The movie is funny, witty and also very touching. Loved it.
Published 16 months ago by Ros
Son of the Bride DVD
I bought the DVD to help with my learning Spanish. For that it is great. As a film it is rather sentimental - but sentimental films have more useful dialogue than action films!
Published 20 months ago by M. Dent
Subtle but wonderful Argentinian film
This movie is of a rare kind - realistic, subtle, humane, occasionally funny and full of life. It focuses on Rafael, a 42 year old restaurant owner in the throes of Argentina's... Read more
Published 22 months ago by AK
Amazing
The excellent performances and both the happy and sad moments make of this film one of the best movie ever
Published on 4 April 2010 by M. C. B. Lopez
love finds a way
a high flying restaurant owner gets stressed out running his business, dividing his attentions between work, his ex wife, his small daughter and his current (neglected) girlfriend. Read more
Published on 7 July 2009 by Juanita
Nice, touching, funny
It's a fun to watch this bit crazy, bit sad, bit funny - actually more funny argentinean story. I don't speak spanish, but french and understand a bit. I laughed a lot. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2008 by Monika D.
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