
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
Directed By:Diego Lerman
Written By:César Aira, Diego Lerman, María Meira, Eloisa Solaas
Suddenly
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
60% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
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7% Negative
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88
Each new plot point in Suddenly occurs like the title says, but the passage between them is slow, steady, and sure.
80
When Suddenly finds its soul in the last half-hour, the title begins to make a lovely sort of sense.
75
Doesn't always succeed -- the premise is hard to believe. Still, it's an unusual and interesting piece of filmmaking.
70
This warm, ultimately poignant film hoes its own row, and proves once again the diversity and vitality of contemporary Argentine film.
60
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
It's the work of a very young filmmaker (Lerman is in his late 20s), promising if finally unsatisfying.
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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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Production Company:
- El Campo Cine
- Hubert Bals Fund
- Lita Stantic Producciones
- Nylon Cine
Release Date:Aug 27, 2003
Duration:1 h 32 m
Awards
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




























