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The Eighth Day
Why this pick
A tender, unsensational portrait of a man with Down syndrome whose chance connection with a stressed stranger creates the same humane, emotionally direct perspective as Anita.
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MOVIE2009 1h 44m ARG
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Me Too
Why this pick
This warm Spanish drama centres a capable young man with Down syndrome, treating his independence, desire, and the reactions of others with the dignity and social observation that make Anita affecting.
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The Color of Paradise
Why this pick
A visually luminous, child-centred drama that shares Anita’s vulnerable point of view and quiet faith in the kindness—and failures—of adults around a child.
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The Way Home
Why this pick
Its simple journey of dependence and unexpected care has Anita’s gentle emotional force, observing a child and an elderly guardian with patience rather than melodrama.
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The Straight Story
Why this pick
Though far less overtly perilous, this measured road journey shares Anita’s belief that an isolated person’s encounters with strangers can reveal a deeply compassionate world.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Anita (Alejandra Manzo) is a young girl with Down's Syndrome and lives with her mother (Norma Aleandro) in the Once neighborhood of Balvanera in Buenos Aires. Her life is changed forever in 1994 after the AMIA bombing. Anita doesn't understand what has happened; she only remembers that her mother left to handle some paperwork, the ground began to shake and she fell off the ladder she was not supposed to climb. Frightened by the noise, she runs from the area of the bombing, totally disoriented. In her odyssey she encounters several people that provide temporary assistance as she searches for her mother.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Norma Aleandro
Nora
Luis Luque
Ulises
Leonor Manso
Nora
Peto Menahem
Ariel