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Waiting for the Messiah [videorecording (DVD)] = (Esperando al Mesías) / a film by Daniel Burman.

TLA Releasing, 2004.

Jews -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Drama.

Jewish families -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Drama.

Homeless persons -- Drama.

Fathers and sons -- Drama.

Interfaith dating -- Drama.

Argentina -- Social conditions -- 1983- -- Drama.

Video Difference legacy collection.

Video Difference legacy collection (Dalhousie)

International film festival (Series)

Alternate title:

Esperando al Mesías [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] =

1 videodisc (96 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally released as a comedy-drama motion picture in 2000.

Special features: chapter selections; TLA Releasing trailers.

"Official Selection: Venice/New York Jewish/Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema/Palm Springs International/Rotterdam International/Toronto International Film Festival[s]"--Container.

In Spanish with English subtitles.

Nirvana, Amanda Films presenta ; una coproducción hispano-italo-argentina ; Astrolabio Producciones, S.L., Classic Films ; en asociación con BD Cine ; con la colaboración de Via Digital, RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, RAI Cinema ; produced by Luis Angel Bellaba [and others] ; directed by Daniel Burman ; written by Daniel Burman, in colloboration with Emiliano Torres.

Daniel Hendler, Stefania Sandrelli, Chiara Caselli, Enrique Piñeyro, Héctor Alterio and Melina Petriella.

"In this poignant and delicately funny film about self-discovery, a small group of Buenos Aires residents are torn between cultural traditions and personal passions. Twentysomething Ariel Goldstein (Daniel Hendler) lives in the Jewish section of the city where he earns money video-taping weddings and bar mitzvahs. When his mother dies, his future seems clear: he will take her place helping his father in the family restaurant and lose his virginity to his childhood girlfriend. But this predetermined future entraps Ariel and he seeks solace elsewhere in Santamaria (Enrique Pineyro), a homeless man who retrieves stolen ID cards. To further complicate matters, Ariel meets the beautiful Laura (Chiara Caselli) who is Christian, bisexual and elusive. Waiting for the Messiah captures a culture filled with humanity, humor and hope even as Ariel waits in frustration and passionate confusion for a convoluted love."--Container.

Official Selection: Venice Film Festival; Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema; Palm Springs International Film Festival; New York Jewish Film Festival; Rotterdam International Film Festival; Toronto International Film Festival.

Burman, Daniel S.

Hendler, Daniel.

Torres, Emiliano.

Sandrelli, Stefania.

Caselli, Chiara, 1967-

Alterio, Héctor, 1929-

Petriela, Melina.

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