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- 2013
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- 2013
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- Film Movement
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Summary Juan lives in anonymity. Just like his mom, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto.
Directed By: Benjamín Ávila
Written By: Marcelo Müller, Benjamín Ávila
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Film Movement
- 1 h 52 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Film Movement
- 1 h 52 m
Clandestine Childhood
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7.3
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Summary Juan lives in anonymity. Just like his mom, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto.
Directed By: Benjamín Ávila
Written By: Marcelo Müller, Benjamín Ávila
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Metascore
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Clandestine Childhood is the impressive first feature by Argentine director Benjamín Avila.
A charming, involving first feature, Clandestine Childhood muscles its familiar coming-of-age material into something more vibrant and urgent than the usual.
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Based on 6 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
7.3
67% Positive
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17% Mixed
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If such outré flourishes don't fully lift the story past the limitations of innocence-lost storytelling, they do suggest Ávila is an artist worth keeping an eye on.
Clandestine Childhood is a sincere effort but also rather sincerely a meager one too.
When a filmmaker proves as reluctant as Mr. Ávila to speak up about the past, to engage with its full complexity, it can be hard to hear what he's saying.
As is often the case with directors who adapt their own life-histories, there's the sense that a little too close to his material.
Benjamín Ávila structures the film as a series of precious moments, remembrances of a difficult year when the politics of patria and family got in the way of his puppy love.
Production Company
Historias Cinematograficas,
Habitacion 1520 Producciones,
RTA Radio y Televisión Argentina,
Antàrtida Produccions,
Academia de Filmes,
Programa Ibermedia,
Televisión Española (TVE),
Ancine,
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA),
Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA),
TV Publica Digital
Release Date Jan 11, 2013
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina
• 10 Wins & 16 Nominations
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
• 5 Wins & 13 Nominations
Guadalajara International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
