El Hijo de la Novia
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| Directed by | Juan José Campanella |
| Produced by | Adrián Suar |
| Written by | Juan José Campanella Fernando Castets |
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Ricardo Darín Héctor Alterio Norma Aleandro Eduardo Blanco Natalia Verbeke |
| Music by | Ángel Illaramendi |
| Cinematography | Daniel Shulman |
| Edited by | Camilo Antolini |
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| Distributed by | Distribution Company Sony Pictures Classics (USA) |
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123 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | $8,597,323 |
Son of the Bride (Spanish: El hijo de la novia) is a 2001 Argentine comedy drama film directed by Juan José Campanella and written by Campanella and Fernando Castets. The executive producers were Juan Vera and Juan Pablo Galli, and it was produced by Adrián Suar. It stars Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco and Natalia Verbeke.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won the Silver Condor for Best Film.
The film tells of Rafael Belvedere (Ricardo Darín), a 42-year-old divorced restaurateur, with a young daughter named Vicky (Gimena Nóbile) of whom he has joint custody. Rafael lives a very hectic lifestyle.
His mother Norma (Norma Aleandro) suffers from Alzheimer's disease and he has not seen her in a year. Rafael sees his father Nino (Héctor Alterio) frequently but his friends rarely. He's fielding offers to sell the restaurant he runs in Buenos Aires, but changes his mind because it was started by his mother and father and has been in the family for years.
His childhood friend Juan Carlos (Eduardo Blanco), who he has not seen for twenty years, drops by the restaurant and renews their old friendship, demonstrating the fact that he has become an actor.
One day, Rafael suddenly suffers a heart attack and, as he recovers in the intensive care unit, he is forced to reevaluate his life and decide his priorities. He now wants to sell the restaurant and move to southern Mexico and raise horses. At the same time his father wants to remarry his wife because they were never married in the Catholic Church. Rafael is opposed to the renewal of vows because his ailing mother will not be much of a participant.
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