And that's about all I can say about it.
Roberto picks up a Chinese man who left his country and ran off to Argentina somehow without any plan and without knowing anyone for no reason.
This man is portrayed as extremely dumb, often giving loads of dialogue in Chinese knowing that no one can understand him and having left his country with the address of some relative tattooed on his arm and nothing more - you know we have phones these days...
I will give the film credit for portraying the spanish-speaking Chinese people as "normal" members of Argentine society, though. That is to say, at least not every Asian in the film is an idiot barbarian.
Ricardo is a gruff loner but somehow a local woman seems to be very interested in him and pursues him aggressively despite the fact that he keeps rejecting her brusquely. OK.
He doesn't like the Chinese guy staying with him - we never see why because the Chinese guy seems to be very helpful and polite, but I guess few people would enjoy living with a stranger, even if a pleasant one. Yet he keeps on kicking him out and going back to find him.
The authorities are the real villains in this film, with the police and members of the embassy absolutely demonized by the film.
Ultimately shot and directed in a pretty way but an empty-headed character study of this anti-social guy. Barely worth a watch. Disappointing because the plot sounded so good.
Honourable Mentions: Heidi: Girl of the Alps (1974). The greatest TV show of all time and basically a similar plot as this one - gruff grandfather has his granddaughter foisted on her and it changes him.
Roberto picks up a Chinese man who left his country and ran off to Argentina somehow without any plan and without knowing anyone for no reason.
This man is portrayed as extremely dumb, often giving loads of dialogue in Chinese knowing that no one can understand him and having left his country with the address of some relative tattooed on his arm and nothing more - you know we have phones these days...
I will give the film credit for portraying the spanish-speaking Chinese people as "normal" members of Argentine society, though. That is to say, at least not every Asian in the film is an idiot barbarian.
Ricardo is a gruff loner but somehow a local woman seems to be very interested in him and pursues him aggressively despite the fact that he keeps rejecting her brusquely. OK.
He doesn't like the Chinese guy staying with him - we never see why because the Chinese guy seems to be very helpful and polite, but I guess few people would enjoy living with a stranger, even if a pleasant one. Yet he keeps on kicking him out and going back to find him.
The authorities are the real villains in this film, with the police and members of the embassy absolutely demonized by the film.
Ultimately shot and directed in a pretty way but an empty-headed character study of this anti-social guy. Barely worth a watch. Disappointing because the plot sounded so good.
Honourable Mentions: Heidi: Girl of the Alps (1974). The greatest TV show of all time and basically a similar plot as this one - gruff grandfather has his granddaughter foisted on her and it changes him.