Joaquín Cambre’s feature debut is nicely shot but held back by a glib romance that descends into unearned mawkishness
Argentinian director and co-writer Joaquín Cambre has created an example of that perennially tiresome genre, the quirky-bittersweet coming-of-ager (not a remake of the French silent classic). It indulges its young hero’s maudlin escapist fantasies by making us live inside them for a long stretch at the end, when we discover that this central trope is anti-climactic and doesn’t work dramatically in connection with the real world.
Tomas (Angelo Mutti Spinetta) is a lonely and unhappy teen in Argentina, obsessed with space travel and plagued with delusional fantasies about going to the moon, all triggered by a traumatic episode in his early childhood. He is not taking the medication prescribed by his psychiatrist and with the exception of a sweet kid brother, his family life is oppressive. Then he...
Argentinian director and co-writer Joaquín Cambre has created an example of that perennially tiresome genre, the quirky-bittersweet coming-of-ager (not a remake of the French silent classic). It indulges its young hero’s maudlin escapist fantasies by making us live inside them for a long stretch at the end, when we discover that this central trope is anti-climactic and doesn’t work dramatically in connection with the real world.
Tomas (Angelo Mutti Spinetta) is a lonely and unhappy teen in Argentina, obsessed with space travel and plagued with delusional fantasies about going to the moon, all triggered by a traumatic episode in his early childhood. He is not taking the medication prescribed by his psychiatrist and with the exception of a sweet kid brother, his family life is oppressive. Then he...
- 3/20/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
We are pleased to share an exclusive first look poster for the Argentinian coming-of-age film ‘A Trip To The Moon’.
The first full-length feature from Argentine writer/director Joaquin Cambre is a coming of age story via the path of magical realism, unrequited love, school pressures and a chaotic family paired with childhood trauma.
The cast is made up of Ángelo Mutti Spinetta, Leticia Brédice, Germán Palacios, Ángela Torres and Luis Machín.
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The film is out in cinemas March 22nd. Here’s the new poster,
A Trip To The Moon Synopsis
Teenager Tomas is struggling with exams at school and instead focuses on his love of astronomy and a fixation with his older teenage neighbour, Iris, who he first spies through his telescope.
Due to an early childhood trauma, the pressures of unrequited love,...
The first full-length feature from Argentine writer/director Joaquin Cambre is a coming of age story via the path of magical realism, unrequited love, school pressures and a chaotic family paired with childhood trauma.
The cast is made up of Ángelo Mutti Spinetta, Leticia Brédice, Germán Palacios, Ángela Torres and Luis Machín.
Also in news – Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy and more star in teaser for ‘His Dark Materials’
The film is out in cinemas March 22nd. Here’s the new poster,
A Trip To The Moon Synopsis
Teenager Tomas is struggling with exams at school and instead focuses on his love of astronomy and a fixation with his older teenage neighbour, Iris, who he first spies through his telescope.
Due to an early childhood trauma, the pressures of unrequited love,...
- 3/1/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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