Autumn Sun
1996 film by Eduardo Mignogna
Autumn Sun (Spanish: Sol de otoño) is a 1996 Argentine drama film directed by Eduardo Mignogna and starring Norma Aleandro and Federico Luppi. It was written by Mignogna and Santiago Carlos Oves. Lita Stantic is the executive producer.
In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film was listed in the 20th position.
Plot
Clara Goldstein (Norma Aleandro) is a Jewish woman who places a personal ad in the Buenos Aires newspaper requesting the company of an older Jewish man. Her sole respondent, Raúl Ferraro (Luppi) turns out to be a Gentile from Uruguay. Clara at first spurns him, but soon she realizes she needs him: Her brother is coming to visit her from Boston and she has been lying to him about being in a romantic relationship. Raúl goes along with the ruse. Not long after, the couple begin to fall in love.
Cast
Norma Aleandro as Clara Goldstein
Federico Luppi as Raúl Ferraro
Jorge Luz as Palomino
Cecilia Rossetto as Leticia
Roberto Carnaghi as Cohen
Erasmo Olivera as Nelson
Nicolás Goldschmidt as Wilson
Gabriela Acher as Silvia
Reception
Critic Russell Smith lauded the film and especially the acting; he wrote, "Not only do Luppi (Men with Guns, Cronos) and Aleandro present images of mature ardor that compare favorably with the late-career work of Mastroianni (Marcello Mastroianni) and Loren (Sophia Loren), they also impressively overcome certain Hollywood-like contrivances of plot and dialogue the latter two actors seldom had to contend with.
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