Common Ground (2002 film)

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Lugares comunes
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Directed by Adolfo Aristarain
Written byAdolfo Aristarain
Lorenzo F. Aristarain
Kathy Saavedra
Produced byAdolfo Aristarain
Joasean Gómez
Gerardo Herrero
Starring Federico Luppi
Mercedes Sampietro
Arturo Puig
Cinematography Porfirio Enríquez
Edited by Fernando Pardo
Distributed byTransmundo Films
Release dates
  • September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12)(Argentina)
  • September 20, 2002 (2002-09-20)(Spain)
Running time
115 minutes
Countries Argentina
Spain
Uruguay
Language Spanish

Common Ground (Spanish : Lugares comunes) is a 2002 drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Adolfo Aristarain. The film marks the seventh collaboration between Aristarain and actor Federico Luppi. It also stars Mercedes Sampietro and Arturo Puig.

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Synopsis

After being forced to retire, literature professor Fernando Robles (Federico Luppi) and his wife Liliana (Mercedes Sampietro) are forced to reevaluate their lives and make major changes in them. These include setting the record straight with their son, exiled in Madrid and starting out a new life. They decide to buy a small lavender farm in Córdoba from a widowed man, Zacarías, and with the aid of their lawyer friend Carlos (Arturo Puig), attempt to start out their new business.

Along the way, Fernando, an aspiring writer himself, jots down notes and ideas for a novel in a book, which he frequently narrates in voice-overs. But this attempt at a new life is cut short when Fernando suddenly contracts pneumonia one cold night on the mountains. He is hospitalized and dies over a week, with enough time to bid farewell to his family and tell his wife all he never said out loud.

Liliana rejects the help of the sympathetic Carlos and the offer from her son Pedro to come live with his family in Spain. She opts to carry on her late husband's attempt of a new life, and stays in the farm Fernando helped rebuild.

Cast

Awards and nomination

AwardCategorySubjectResult
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards Best ActorFederico LuppiNominated
Best ActressMercedes SampietroNominated
Best Art DirectionAbel FacelloNominated
Best DirectorAdolfo AristarainNominated
Best FilmNominated
Best ScreenplayAdolfo Aristarain, Kathy SaavedraNominated
Best Supporting ActorClaudio RissiNominated
Butaca Awards Best Film ActressMercedes SampietroWon
Cartagena Film Festival Best FilmAdolfo AristarainNominated
Cinema Writers Circle Awards Best ActressMercedes SampietroWon
Best ScreenplayKathy SaavedraNominated
Fotogramas de Plata Best ActressMercedes SampietroNominated
Fribourg International Film Festival Audience AwardAdolfo AristarainWon
Grand PrixNominated
Goya Awards Best ActressMercedes SampietroWon
Best ScreenplayKathy SaavedroWon
Gramado Film Festival Best ActressMercedes SampietroWon
Best FilmNominated
Havana Film Festival Glauber Rocha AwardAdolfo AristarainWon
OCIC AwardWon
Vigia AwardWon
San Sebastián International Film Festival Best ScreenplayKathy SaavedraWon
Best ActressMercedes SampietroWon
Golden SeashellAdolfo AristarainNominated
Sant Jordi Awards Best Spanish ActressMercedes SampietroWon
Spanish Actors Union Best Lead Performance - FemaleMercedes SampietroWon

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