2015 · drama · music · coming-of-age
Nothing in Return
Directed by Daniel Guzmán1h 37m2015
One summer, Dario flees the hellish environment of his home. Luismi, unconditional friend, a poor devil with pretensions of winning, and Antonia, an old woman who collects abandoned his motorcar furniture, become his new family. Three generations living together in a city too big to be alone.
Our read: Nothing in Return (2015) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · music · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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