Valentín (2002) is an Argentine, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish drama film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film features Rodrigo Noya as Valentín and Carmen Maura as the grandmother. Director Alejandro Agresti also stars as Valentín's father.
The picture revolves around the world of an eight-year old boy, Valentín (Rodrigo Noya), who dreams of one day becoming an astronaut. While caught in the middle of his family, he attempt...
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Valentín (2002) is an Argentine, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish drama film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film features Rodrigo Noya as Valentín and Carmen Maura as the grandmother. Director Alejandro Agresti also stars as Valentín's father.
The picture revolves around the world of an eight-year old boy, Valentín (Rodrigo Noya), who dreams of one day becoming an astronaut. While caught in the middle of his family, he attempts to better the bewildering world around him.
The film takes place in 1969 and is told through the eyes of Valentín, an eight year old small cross-eyed boy (Noya) whose thick black-rimmed glasses sit heavily on his face. He lives with his grandmother (Maura) due to the divorce of his parents. He dreams of being an astronaut one day and follows the on-going space race between the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union intently. He no longer sees his Jewish mother, who was chased out of the family home by his imperious, dictator-like father (Agresti). He...
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