Common Ground
It's never too late to begin again.
2002 · 1h 50m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Adolfo Aristarain
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Common Ground
Overview
In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to live with his pension. The crisis in Argentina does not allow Fernando to get a new job, and his wife decides to sell her family's apartment and move to a small farm near Villa Dolores to reduce their expenses. Fernando comes up with the idea to grow lavender and sell the oil to the perfume industry.
Director and cast
- Adolfo Aristarain Director
- Federico Luppi as Fernando Robles
- Mercedes Sampietro as Liliana Rovira
- Arturo Puig as Carlos Solla
- Carlos Santamaría as Pedro Robles
- Valentina Bassi as Natacha
- Claudio Rissi as Demedio
- Osvaldo Santoro as Principal
- José Luis Alfonzo Cast
- Yael Barnatán as Fabiana
- Graciela Tenenbaum Cast
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