Director and writer Alejandro Agrestis' Valentin is a perfect jewel of a movie. Right from the very start you are pulled into the ordinary yet extraordinary world of Valentin (an incredible performance by Rodrigo Noya). As the story takes you along, you almost feel as if you are eavesdropping on his family life as he tries to make sense out of a world where "grown ups never tell the truth" . He lives with his grandmother who is "always complaining about something" while he tries to find ways to assemble and make some sort of sense of his family life. Valentin however also makes time for his own childhood dreams in many charming, funny moments as an aspiring astronaut. We see the relationships of his dysfunctional family and how he always questions why, he simply wants to live a normal, happy life, isn't that how it's supposed to be? Along the way he befriends a offbeat neighbor who likes to drink and attempt to play the piano, a girlfriend of his fathers, and a resourceful bit with a doctor. The camera always takes its time, lingering on the story and the characters just long enough to pull you in and make you feel a part of it, this is the director at his best, a fabulous cast and crew, a from the heart story, and of course, Valentin...
Review of Valentin
