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  • 2011
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2011
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 23 m
Octubre

Summary Tucked away in one of the Lima’s modest flats lives Clemente, a small time loan shark with a penchant for reckless hookers, grave solitude, money lending and nothing else. Stuck in a shallow routine, Clemente lacks any real emotional connection to anyone. People, in turn, refer to him not by name, but as “the pawnbroker’s son.” Whether i...

Directed By: Daniel Vega Vidal, Diego Vega Vidal

Written By: Daniel Vega Vidal, Diego Vega Vidal

  • 2011
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2011
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 23 m

Octubre

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Tucked away in one of the Lima’s modest flats lives Clemente, a small time loan shark with a penchant for reckless hookers, grave solitude, money lending and nothing else. Stuck in a shallow routine, Clemente lacks any real emotional connection to anyone. People, in turn, refer to him not by name, but as “the pawnbroker’s son.” Whether i...

Directed By: Daniel Vega Vidal, Diego Vega Vidal

Written By: Daniel Vega Vidal, Diego Vega Vidal

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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90
May 5, 2011
With a visual style and a deadpan humor that owes an obvious debt to the Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki ("Drifting Clouds"), they hold their shots long enough for you to scan details, look deep into faces and think on how little (or much) it takes to be happy. Here a painted Jesus hovers on a chipped wall, but it's an unholy family of three that finds heaven on earth.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 18, 2011
Octubre is a quick, quiet movie that distills Lima, Peru, to a downtrodden version of its more dynamic current self.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
75
May 6, 2011
Octubre has the feel of something Jim Jarmusch might have made in his early years -- lots of dark humor that you'll think of in the middle of the night, and laugh about.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
May 4, 2011
There's a message here regarding loneliness and emotional isolation, but the movie's real miracle is that, however precious its premise, this slow-burning not-quite heart-warmer-never succumbs to cuteness.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
65
May 6, 2011
Somber and insubstantial, October nevertheless suggests that the Vega brothers are developing a careful, painterly style. Whether they will be able to match it with narrative depth remains to be seen.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
40
May 4, 2011
Though it holds your attention all the way through to an enigmatic, spiritually tinged climax, the movie leaves you wanting more than the Vega Vidals' secondhand artistry is able to provide.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Fractal Communications, Maretazo Cine, Suécinema
Release Date May 6, 2011
Duration 1 h 23 m
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Awards

Lima Latin American Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Cartagena Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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