Martín (Hache)

Movie
Original title	Martín (Hache)
Country of production	Argentina ; Spain
Publishing year	1997
length	128 minutes
Rod
Director	Adolfo Aristarain
script	Adolfo Aristarain ; Kathy Saavedra
production	Javier López Blanco ; Adolfo Aristarain ; Gerardo Herrero ; Fito Páez
music	Fito Páez
camera	Porfirio Enríquez
cut	Fernando Pardo
occupation
	Federico Luppi : Martín Echenique; Juan Diego Botto : Martin (Haché); Cecilia Roth : Alicia; Eusebio Poncela : Dante; Ana María Picchio : Blanca; Sancho Gracia : José María Navarro; José María Sacristán : Look; oaquin A. Colmenares : Coracero; Ángel Amorós : theater director; Kojun Notsu : young oriental woman; Esther Herrera : androgynous girl; Marisa Cabezón : mirror woman; Enrique Liporace : Migue; Claudia Gallegos : Lee; Leonora Balcarce : Nadja; Leonora Balcarce : Godo; Nicolás Pauls : Leo (Nicolas PAuls); Gustavo Chantada : Dardo; Rodrigo Fresán : Rodrigo Frezán; Dominique Clément : girl Lea; Tomás Flores : Young Lea; Martina Gowland : Beba Liliana; Bruno Aristarain : band member; Francisco Martines : band member; Leonel Monjo : band member; Darío Gabrielli : band member; Mercedes Halfon : Extra; Adolfo Aristarain : Man at the bar;

Martín (Hache) is a Spanish-Argentinian fictional film directed by Adolfo Aristarain from 1997.

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The 19-year-old Hache has no life plan. He still lives with his mother in Buenos Aires and plays in a band for fun. After his girlfriend abandons him, he accidentally overdoses an intoxicant and collapses while performing on stage. His relatives suspect a suicide attempt and decide that Hache should initially live with his father Martín Echenique, who lives separately from Hache's mother as a director in Madrid and has not seen the son for five years. He is not happy to have to take in the son. The father's emotional coldness makes effective communication with the son impossible and also strains the relationship with his lover Alicia. Martin accuses the son of not developing any future prospects and of remaining inactive. Martín is set to direct a major movie project in which his friend Dante is slated to star. To this end, he visits potential filming locations with Alicia and asks the bisexual actor Dante, who is experienced in dealing with drugs, to supervise Hache. Under Dante's supervision, Hache had his first drug experience, although the actor tried to stop him. During a stage appearance, Dante scandalously breaks off the current performance by insulting the audience and leaving the theater. Dante takes Hache to see Martín and Alicia and tries to mediate between father and son. In the presence of Hache and Dante, Martín humiliates Alicia with condescending answers. She then overdoses sleeping pills and drowns in the swimming pool. Martín learns that the producers refuse to cast Dante in the lead role because of the theater scandal. Thereupon Martín refuses to participate in the film. Hache leaves his father and leaves him a video tape on which he says goodbye and declares that he has no plans for the future and that he wants to return to Buenos Aires.

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The film received 18 awards, including:

Best Actor at the 1997 Biarritz Film Festival for Federico Luppi
Gran Coral at the 1997 Havana International Festival of New Latin American Films
Best Actress at the 1998 Goya Awards for Cecilia Roth

criticism

Full of intelligent dialogues between talented people, sparkling with humor ... The New York Times
A perfect chamber piece about a father-son conflict. FILM.AT

Web links

Martín in the Internet Movie Database (English)