Joanna
Louis Proyect wrote:
When I received an announcement from a Miramax publicist that started as follows, "In a world of adults who don’t quite seem to know what they’re doing, eight year-old Valentin (Rodrigo Noya) sets out on a series of extraordinary missions to make his life a little better, becoming an unexpected matchmaker, macho confidante, philosopher, television repairman and, most of all, a spirited purveyor of hope and wisdom to those around him," I nearly read no further. Since my interest is in films with an explicit social or political theme, this ostensibly modest personal drama might not have been my cup of tea. I only decided to go after realizing that it was an Argentine film. I am glad that I did. "Valentin" is one of the most extraordinary films I have seen in the past 12 months.
