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Suddenly
SummaryIn Diego Lerman's slyly comic drama Suddenly, a pair of knowing punkette malcontents (who call themselves Mao and Lenin) kidnap (sort of) Marcia, a frumpy lovelorn lingerie salesgirl. Mao announces her intention to seduce Marcia as the trio strikes out on a journey that is poignant, funny and unpredictable from beginning to end. (Empire Pictures... Read More

Suddenly

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Generally Favorable
60% Positive
9 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
7% Negative
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Premiere
Each new plot point in Suddenly occurs like the title says, but the passage between them is slow, steady, and sure.
80
The New York Times
When Suddenly finds its soul in the last half-hour, the title begins to make a lovely sort of sense.
75
New York Post
Doesn't always succeed -- the premise is hard to believe. Still, it's an unusual and interesting piece of filmmaking.
70
TV Guide Magazine
This warm, ultimately poignant film hoes its own row, and proves once again the diversity and vitality of contemporary Argentine film.
60
Empire
The action meanders occasionally, but the performances are consistently disarming and Luciano Zito and Diego del Piano’s black-and-white photography complements the mood of ironic melancholy.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
It's the work of a very young filmmaker (Lerman is in his late 20s), promising if finally unsatisfying.
0
Chicago Reader
I can't remember when I last hated an art-house movie as much as this one...Other reviewers have praised the film's alleged quirky humor, but I was repelled by the two heartless creeps who set the story in motion and baffled by the protagonist's fascination with them.
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  • El Campo Cine
  • Hubert Bals Fund
  • Lita Stantic Producciones
  • Nylon Cine
Aug 27, 2003
1 h 32 m
Locarno Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
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