2011 · drama · political
The Student
Directed by Santiago Mitre1h 51m2011
Roque starts University in Buenos Aires but he is not particularly interested in attending classes or working towards a degree. Instead, he dedicates his time to one of the many groups vying for control of the university, motivated less by grand political ideals than by a wish to get close to Paula, an attractive young teacher heavily involved in internal university politics.
Our read: The Student (2011) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / political, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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