![]() Only in the movies do unhandsome 42-year old men drop young, perfect girlfriends with model looks instead of clinging onto them like life rafts. Writer Fernando Castets and co-writer/director Juan Jose Campanella manufacture a fight between Darin and Nati just because the movie calls for Rafaels life to fall apart. A first swerve towards sentimentality quickly becomes a plunge into outright sappiness. From there, Son of the Bride descends into sheer melodrama. The latter includes Norma calling her son a rascal in the most gentle and loving tone imaginable Natis eyes as Rafael interrupts their time together to pick up yet another phone call little Victoria playing with the retainer in her mouth. Up until this point, Son of the Bride, is quick on its feet, breezes with zippy dialogue, and presents little details with meaningfulness that belie their brevity. Then Rafael has an experience that makes him re-examine his life completely and he considers dropping out and moving to Mexico. Making his life even more hectic, his old friend, Juan Carlos (Eduardo Blanco), returns after a long absence sporting a tragic revelation. Rafaels ex-wife, Sandra (Claudia Fontan), hassles him about being a better father to their daughter, Victoria (Gimena Nobile), and he also has trouble keeping up with his young, gorgeous girlfriend, Nati (Natalia Verbeke). Nino is disappointed by Rafaels pleas about the expense and that Norma wont even be aware of what is going on. His one-time savior mother, Norma (Norma Aleandro), now suffers from Alzheimers and lives in a nursing home.His father, Nino (Hector Alterio), hatches a scheme to remarry her in a church as she had always wanted. Dealing with suppliers and the expense of mascarpone in tiramisu, his life is lived from one cell phone call to the next. Cue his best friend, Juan Carlos, who shows up just in time to save him, and they run home screaming for mommy.įorward to the present, and Rafael (Ricardo Darin) is 42-years old and runs the family Italian restaurant in Argentina. Rafael can barely keep his Zorro hat on his head before he trips and begins receiving a beating. Together, they give chase after the crude impersonator, Rafael Belvedere. The Zorro-wannabe unleashes a stone from his slingshot that knocks the kid down, humiliating him in front of his friends. Looking up, he sees the culprit, Zorro, or rather, a pint-sized facsimile. Son of the Bride opens with a young boy discovering that his ball has been slashed apart in the shape of a Z.
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