Who's in It: Daniel Hendler, Arturo Goetz, Julieta Díaz
The Basics: A Jewish Argentine lawyer finds that being married with children is — surprise — not a nonstop wonderland of ice cream cones and unicorns raining down from the sky.
What's the Deal? Remember Jordy? He was the early 1990s rapping toddler from France who had that hit song about how it was tough to be a baby? Sure you do. The song was all about his difficulties as a professional two-year-old. Anyway, this movie is like the 30-year-old Spanish-language version of that. The main guy (Hendler) learns that it's also tough to be a Jewish Argentine law professor with kids and a wife. You can't dance to his middle-class problems, though, so Jordy still has him beat.
Come to Buenos Aires Where We Have Adorable Little Shopping Areas: If it doesn't have a sure handle on domestic life, this definitely makes Buenos Aires look like a nice place to live if you're educated and well-off. But then, I guess any place can be made nice if you have the means.
From the Director of Every Stewardess Goes to Heaven: And his 2004 feature, El Abrazo partido, won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, so it's not like he's the worst director ever. But it'd be nice if this one was even a little bit unpredictable.
Who Should See It: Argentine expatriates, filmfest nerds, people trapped in passionless marriages, insomniacs.