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  • 2003
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures Inc.
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2003
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures Inc.
  • 1 h 32 m
Suddenly

Summary In 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...

Directed By: Diego Lerman

Written By: César Aira, María Meira, Eloisa Solaas, Diego Lerman

  • 2003
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures Inc.
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2003
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures Inc.
  • 1 h 32 m

Suddenly

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary In 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...

Directed By: Diego Lerman

Written By: César Aira, María Meira, Eloisa Solaas, Diego Lerman

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
63
60% Positive
9 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
7% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
63
60% Positive
9 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
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.
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80
When Suddenly finds its soul in the last half-hour, the title begins to make a lovely sort of sense.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
75
Doesn't always succeed -- the premise is hard to believe. Still, it's an unusual and interesting piece of filmmaking.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
This warm, ultimately poignant film hoes its own row, and proves once again the diversity and vitality of contemporary Argentine film.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
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.
By Patrick Peters FULL REVIEW
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.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW

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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
Rating Unrated
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Website http://pyramidefilms.fr/tan-de-repente/
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Awards

Locarno International 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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