Buenos Aires Vice Verse

This film describes Buenos Aires through different characters and situations in a perfect way. If this is reality, it´s a personal thing, but I think the visual effects and the looks of the character bring us an emotional picture of who we are. Although the music helps to get in touch with the script. I have only words of respect to this movie, and to Alejandro Agresti´s performance as the Director, Writer, Producer and his acting performance a blind person.

Buenos Aires Viceversa is a wonderful movie about a young film maker and her vision about Buenos Aires city.

Directed by Alejandro Agresti (who is my favourite argentine director, I call him 'The argentine Tarantino') made an excellent job in direction with very original shots.

The acting is really great too, specially Carlos Roffe and the young boy Nazareno Casero. They are very natural, you cannot tell they are acting.

The plot is interesting and will make you laugh and cry. I recommend this movie.

The clever feature of 'Buenos Aires Vicevera' is that the movie leaves the viewer in suspense until the end, when the relations among the characters become clear. The majority of the film alternates among scenes of various characters which appear to be totally unrelated.

There are many characters and it is difficult, at times, to follow all of the happenings since the scenes jump around. The disadvantage of the various, unrelated scenes is that the viewers do not feel attached to any character and are not able to easily follow each character's development. The advantage is that it is intriguing and creates suspense, which will keep the viewer interested until the end.

The film mixes conflict with humor in a creative balance which creates a delicate balance between tragedy and humor. The movie does not intend to be a comedy, but it does employ comic devices to maintain viewer interest. For example, the scene in which the lady is 'dining' with her ex-husband is entertainingly funny, although the humor does not mask the absurd reality and the mental 'anguish' of the lady . The movie has a significance that is greater than the simple activities of the characters. Each of the characters, to some degree, is a symbol for a different social class or a different type of person. The rich boyfriend and the poor, homeless child symbolize segments of society. The child is especially important in this film because it is dedicated to 'los niños desaparecidos.'

I would recommend this movie to anyone, although I would suspect it will have more impact on those with interests in Argentina. Nevertheless, it deserves to be seen.

The movie is very good, technically speaking. The script, the shooting and the final cut deserves much more attention that it probably had, considering that is an Argentine film.

I disagree, however, with Mrs. Velazquez comment in what it concerns the subject of the movie in relation to the last dictatorship. I think no link between the subject of the movie and the dictatorship could be made, except for what regards the old couple that hired the services of one of the female protagonists for shooting out scenes of the everyday life with a camera, and herself being a daughter of desaparecidos. But that is in itself not the main stream of the subject the movie is meant to address. Rather, the movie is a portrait about everyday life in a Buenos Aires overwhelmed by the dramatic shift in values, decadence, domestic social (and somewhat racial) non-resolved issues, and people's spirit of survival against all odds, as result of the profound social and economical crisis that -though the economical side of it was not particularly evident at the time the film was shot- it could be seen it was coming up.

Buenos Aires Viceversa is not a movie to watch for a good time. Although it has its humor (most of which can be easily lost if you are not fluent in Spanish) the film can be dark and even confusing at times. It is definitely artsy and it makes a statement about the turbulent political undertones that still linger in Buenos Aires two decades after a devastating dictatorship. However, the film excels in the honest and raw manner in which it presents its many characters. The acting is so good and the shots used are so simple and untouched that you almost get lost in these peoples' lives and you feel as though your eavesdropping on them. Despite the numerous characters, each one is given depth and personality through the course of the film without falling into the traps of stereotyping. Daniela, in particular, is revealed to us mind and body as the film progresses, and by the end you are moved by the shocking ending which mostly effects her. What I didn't like about the movie was how confusing it can be at times. You're really better off if you have some knowledge about the socio-political situation in Argentina in terms of the legacy of the dictatorship and the consequences from so many "desaparecidos". My knowledge on the subject is somewhat limited so I feel I didn't capture the message entirely. The film is interesting however, and the acting, like I said, is superb. Although I might have missed out on some of the message due to my lack of understanding on the subject of the "desaparecidos" it does raise my curiosity and that is a sign of a good movie.