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78% Critic Match
Common Ground
“It's never too late to begin again.”
7.8 / 10• 2002• 1h 50m•NR• Spanish
Drama
Storyline
In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to live with his pension. The crisis in Argentina does not allow Fernando to get a new job, and his wife decides to sell her family's apartment and move to a small farm near Villa Dolores to reduce their expenses. Fernando comes up with the idea to grow lavender and sell the oil to the perfume industry.
Cast & Crew
Federico Luppi
Fernando Robles
Lead
Mercedes Sampietro
Liliana Rovira
Arturo Puig
Carlos Solla
Carlos Santamaría
Pedro Robles
Valentina Bassi
Natacha
Claudio Rissi
Demedio
Osvaldo Santoro
Principal
JL
José Luis Alfonzo
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Adolfo Aristarain's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Common Ground is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
