Carlos Bermejo, Cecilia Roth, Oscar Martínez

Cultured, prosperous, blessed with three children and many friends, Leonardo and Martha are a truly enviable example of the species "married couple". Leonardo is an author of considerable repute; Mart...( read more  read more... )ha, a hyperactive housewife with academic interests. Leonardo sits back and observes; Martha forges ahead and acts. An enviable couple? They both begin to question their happiness when Julia, their youngest, marries and leaves Buenos Aires. The house is empty, the children scattered all over the world. For Leonardo and Martha, there are no more excuses for not addressing all those little grievances and annoyances that have piled up over the years. Martha seeks release by going back to the university and surrounding herself with people. Leonardo takes refuge in fantasies that become so real that he can't distinguish them from reality.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Daniel Burman

Release Date: April 24, 2008

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  • September 6, 2009
    Good movie to think about life. Its a kind of movie on which you predict nothing and is a movie about the everyday life. I meant you see people doing usual things most of the time. The most fascinating part is that you have to make the story with the little clues it gives you.
  • July 6, 2009
    BIG SCREEN. La presentación y las actuaciones son impecables, pero no es tan interesante como pretende. Es más un borrador que una película consumada. / The presentation and performances are impeccable, but it's not as interesting as it wants to be. It is more a draft than a fini...( read more)shed picture.
  • April 15, 2009
    TAASAN NYO POH RATINGS KO TNX
  • November 29, 2008
    Totalmente indicado para casais antigos, pois algumas cotoveladas do tipo "igual a voce" podem acontecer durante a projecao.

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July 3, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

There is one little problem with the Argentine drama Empty Nest, an all-too-convincing film about a man suffering from a middle-aged malaise: Nothing of interest happens. full review

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