Empty Nest

his is an outstanding film by Argentinean director Daniel Burman. I was so pleased I was with a friend because we needed to talk about the film for a long time after the film. My friend had one interpretation and I had another. Reading reviews I saw another interpretation.

Part of the film is the reality of a family in Argentina facing the empty nester reality. Part of the film is the thinking process of the father facing the reality of the empty nest. What is reality and what is his imagination will be your challenge. A delightful section of the film is complete absurdity but absolute delight. Leonardo has a creative mind and these creative scenes add to the total positive experience

Leonardo is the handsome father who is an author. He always carries his red book of notes for his new writings. His relationship with his wife is polite but strained.

Martha is the beautiful wife. She had left her studies to support her husband and wants to go back to school. We see her attending university and becoming quite a party girl. Is this how her husband fantasizes her life or was it reality?

The daughter has left home and lives in Israel. Her husband is also an author who has written a book called Empty Nest. The parents got to Israel to visit. I loved this portion and thoroughly enjoyed the cinematography showing the magnificence of the Israeli terrain.

My friend and I discussed forever if the daughter really did live in Israel or once again it was all in the father’s head.

I guess it doesn’t really matter how you interpret it. The filming is outstanding. The quality of the performances is amazing. The story leaves you thinking.

This film is playing at the Royal Cinema. It has become my favorite art theatre in town. All the films are of the finest quality. You can almost attend any film and be guaranteed that you will have a fine film experience. The seats are comfortable. The old cinema has been totally restored. During the day it is used for film editing. For this reason the cinema is only open in the evening or during the weekend. The films do not play continuously. The film may only play once each evening and only is shown for a week or so.

The Royal Cinema is at College and Clinton in the midst of the Little Italy part of town. Countless excellent restaurants are on College St.

Make it an evening. My favorite restaurants in this part are La Forchetta, Capitol and Langostino all within a few seconds walk from the theatre. A Gelato and bakery is on College St just east of the theatre. Yesterday I had a lemon gelato that was as fine as anything in Italy.

A Psychic has an office over a store across the road. We decided to have some fun and explore this psychic. Unfortunately the door was locked so we were left with the wonderful film experience and a delicious gelato.