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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Julio is a struggling young writer who has hit a wall. Unemployed and involved in a half-hearted relationship with his neighbor, things are finally starting to look up when he gets an interview with a renowned author to transcribe his latest work. Things don’t go as planned, however, and Julio doesn’t get the job. Instead of admitting th...

Directed By: Cristián Jiménez

Written By: Alejandro Zambra, Cristián Jiménez

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 35 m
Bonsái
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Julio is a struggling young writer who has hit a wall. Unemployed and involved in a half-hearted relationship with his neighbor, things are finally starting to look up when he gets an interview with a renowned author to transcribe his latest work. Things don’t go as planned, however, and Julio doesn’t get the job. Instead of admitting th...

Directed By: Cristián Jiménez

Written By: Alejandro Zambra, Cristián Jiménez

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
65
56% Positive
5 Reviews
44% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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44% Mixed
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0% Negative
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88
May 8, 2012
Cristián Jiménez's film knows how entangled the will to know is with the will to make love.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
75
May 11, 2012
This isn't a story of Shakespearean proportions, but it's a sweet peg for this complex, carefully constructed gem.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
May 8, 2012
Bonsái seems like a veritable thicket of illuminating references and correspondences. A kind of poetry sprouts up even in some of the inevitable sad-twee flourishes.
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70
May 8, 2012
By turns gentle, deadpan, droll and sarcastic, Jimenez's film reflects on Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" to track a sweet but doomed love affair between literary -- and pleasurably randy -- college students.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW
60
May 8, 2012
Jimenez makes a youthful film about sex, lies and literature that has the awkward charm of first love.
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60
May 8, 2012
Cristián Jiménez's dust-dry dramedy attests to the writer-director's own bibliophilia (the film is literally divided by chapter pages), as well as his lead actor's ability to milk a deadpan look that would make Buster Keaton proud.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
40
May 8, 2012
It has its moments, although the charmless main character Julio (played by Diego Noguera) begins to get on your nerves, as he seems incapable of extricating himself from difficult situations.
By Richard Mowe FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 4 Saisons Prod, Jirafa, Kine-Imágenes Producciones, L90 Cine Digital, Rizoma Films, Rouge International, Ukbar Filmes, Zoofilms
Release Date May 11, 2012
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Miami Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Havana Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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