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Son of the Bride

2001 · 123 min

A warm, bittersweet midlife reckoning that balances gentle comedy with genuine emotional weight, leaving you reflective and moved.

Overview
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • family
  • aging
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • 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
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Juan José Campanella
Written by
Fernando Castets, Juan José Campanella
Starring
Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco, Natalia Verbeke, David Masajnik, Claudia Fontán, Atilio Pozzobón
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
123 min
Country
Argentina, Spain
Languages
Spanish

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