El mismo amor, la misma lluvia (Same Love, Same Rain) by Juan José Campanella, 1999 (PG-13)

With Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Ulises Dumont, Eduardo Blanco.

This is the story of Jorge Pellegrini and Laura Ramallo throughout almost two decades. It begins in 1980 and it finishes nowadays, going through all the phases of their relationship, break ups, personal failures while showing in the background Argentina's politic and social changes.

The problem is I am in love with Soledad Villamil since "El Secreto de Sus Ojos". Well, I really like her and Ricardo Darin together, directed by Juan José Campanella, because I tried Ricardo Darin and Juan Jose Campanella without her and I didn't get hooked the same way, and I tried Soledad Villamil without them and it didn't work either. So... I love this combination actors directors, and them make me fall in love with Soledad Villamil. Ok, that is not the only theme of the movie, but their relationship is really amazingly believable and you connect so much with them that every mistake they make is painful to watch. But they do, and it is very attaching. It is also very well integrated with the historical background, without being political, and impact the characters in a realistic way, as a third major character.

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Sidewalls (Medianeras) by Gustavo Taretto, 2011 (NR)

with Javier Drolas, Pilar López de Ayala, Inés Efron, Adrián Navarro, Rafael Ferro, Carla Peterson

Separated by the wall their apartments share, Mariana and Martín are the perfect couple. They have the same quirks, same tastes, same ideals and even the same neuroses -- they're a match made in heaven. There's just one problem: They've never met.

A very cute romantic comedy and social drama. The poetic narration by the main characters is the best thing I believe, mixed with elements of the architecture of Buenos Aires, beautiful, smart, witty. Mariana is a little bit too depressed, but weird enough to get my attention. Martín is the typical geek, better closed in his apartment. You follow them in their life for over a year, and it is pleasant, funny, interesting, well acted. In other words, a successful romantic comedy, with an interesting viewpoint to a beautiful city.

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El Secreto De Sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes) by Juan José Campanella, 2009 (R)

with Ricardo Darín (El mismo amor, la misma lluvia), Soledad Villamil (El mismo amor, la misma lluvia), Carla Quevedo, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Bárbara Palladino, Rudy Romano, Alejandro Abelenda, Mario Alarcón, Guillermo Francella, José Luis Gioia
From the director of El mismo amor, la misma lluvia

"Benjamin Esposito, a career long criminal court employee, has recently retired and decides to write a novel. He does not decide to make up a story. There is no need to. He can draw on his own past for a true and tragic story. In 1974, his court was more assigned an investigation into the rape and murder of a beautiful young woman. The search for the murderer is arduous. No clues remain at the scene and Esposito must rely on his own instincts. No longer an observer, he becomes an unwilling central character in a dangerous drama. As he moves forward, Esposito begins to see that it is now too late to stop. Telling the story becomes a narrow, winding path in justifying his own life and facing up to the woman who he's been in love with for 30 years." Google

The story is amazing... There is no other way to say it. No wonder why this movie won the Oscar for best foreign movie. It mixes politics with a social and psychological story, how our system can be extremely deranged if you start pushing some doors. And the characters are simply true and perfectly performed to make to believe their pain and feelings. Confession: I totally fell in love with the character of Irene Menéndez Hastings who is the judge.

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