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An Unexpected Love

2018 · 136 min

A warm, wry look at a long marriage unraveling, mixing gentle comedy with honest midlife melancholy.

Directed by
Juan Vera
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Ricardo Darín, Mercedes Morán, Claudia Fontán
Tagline
A comedy of conscious uncoupling.
Overview
It tells the story of Marcos and Ana, who have been married for more than 25 years, but enter into an existential crisis that leads them to separate. The life of singles seems fascinating and exciting at first, but soon it also becomes monotonous for her and nightmarish for him.

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Directed by
Juan Vera
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Ricardo Darín, Mercedes Morán, Claudia Fontán
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • aging
  • family
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Juan Vera
Written by
Juan Vera, Daniel Cúparo
Starring
Ricardo Darín, Mercedes Morán, Claudia Fontán, Andrea Pietra, Mariu Fernández, Jean Pierre Noher, Norman Briski, Juan Minujín
Music
Iván Wyszogrod
Cinematography
Rolo Pulpeiro
Runtime
136 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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