Daniel Burman`s LOST EMBRACE is a charming, effervescent portrait of a twentysomething man who can`t seem to find his place in a rapidly shifting world. After dropping out of college, Ariel (Daniel Hendler) returns home to work in his mother`s lingerie store in a Buenos Aires shopping mall. Through his eyes, viewers meet the mall`s various shop owners: Osvaldo, who owns a stationary store; the Levin Brothers, who run a fabric business; Rita, who runs the nearby Internet cafi, and enjoys getting intimate with Ariel in his shop`s dressing room; and many more. While helping beautiful woman try on skimpy clothing isn`t the worst job in the world, Daniel nonetheless dreams of something bigger. He decides to take advantage of his grandmother`s Polish heritage and obtain a Polish passport, which will enable him to embrace an entirely new culture. But when his long-lost father, Elias (Jorge D`Elia), returns, Ariel must finally stop chasing his daydreams and face up to reality. After discovering the real reason Elias abandoned his family, Ariel comes to a wholly unexpected, and deeply profound, realization. Filmed with fly-on-the-wall immediacy by cinematographer Ramiro Civita, LOST EMBRACE is a humane slice-of-life dramedy that features an incredible performance from Hendler.
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