Star rating – 6/10
Just out
on DVD is a very quiet and understated road movie/love story from Argentinean director Pablo Giorgelli. Ruben (German de Silva) is a middle aged truck
driver who has agreed to take a woman passenger, Jacinta (Hebe Duarte) with him
from Paraguay to Buenos Aires as a favour for his boss. He obviously prefers
his own company, and is a bit put out, in a silent kind of way, when she
appears with a five month old baby girl in tow.
There is
not much dialogue to speak of, with the noise of the truck’s engine featuring
more prominently than any words. But the way their relationship develops is quite
affecting, and not at all sentimentally done. The film is only 82 minutes long,
but to be honest the long silences make it drag slightly at times. But watching
Ruben’s emotions slowly come out of hibernation, first towards the young baby,
and then to her mother, is very gently and nicely done.
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