original title:
Derecho de familia
italian title:
Diritto di famiglia
directed by:
cast:
Adriana Aizemberg, Luis Albornoz, Daniel Hendler, Eloy Burman, Julieta Diaz, Arturo Goetz, Damián Dreyzik, Dario Lagos, Juan Bianchi, Kevin Sztajn, Marcos Montes
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
Alejandro Parysow
set design:
costume design:
music:
César Lerner
producer:
production:
BD Cine, Classic, Paradis Films, Wanda Vision
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Argentina/Italy/France
year:
2006
film run:
102'
format:
35mm - colour
aspect ratio:
1.85:1
sound:
Dolby SRD
festivals & awards:
Ariel Perelman is a lawyer, like his father, and not. While his father represents a variety of colorful petty criminals and cuts a lively figure, Ariel deals, literally, with ghosts. He works for the justice department representing clients in absentia. While his life is manageable, it is rather grey. Then things change for the better. Ariel marries a beautiful woman whom he felt was out of his reach. He has his own child. His confidence grows. In the midst of these changes, his father begins to reach out to him with some urgency. When he passes away, Ariel must make life-changing decisions. Will he become his own man, or a remain a shadow of the old man?