Starring Ricardo DarínHéctor AlterioNorma Aleandro

By Juan José Campanella, 2001.

Son of the Bride (Spanish: El hijo de la novia) (2001) is an Argentine comedy drama film, directed by Juan José Campanella and written by Campanella and Fernando Castets. The executive producers were Juan Vera and Juan Pablo Galli, and it was produced by Adrián Suar. The comedy-drama features Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco, Natalia Verbeke, among others.

The film tells of Rafael Belvedere (Ricardo Darín), a 42-year-old divorced restaurateur, with a young daughter named Vicki (Gimena Nóbile) he has joint custody of. Rafael lives a very hectic lifestyle. His mother Norma (Norma Aleandro) suffers from Alzheimer's disease and he has not seen her in a year.

Rafael sees his father Nino (Héctor Alterio) frequently but his friends rarely. He's fielding offers to sell the restaurant he runs in Buenos Aires, but changes his mind because it was started by his mother and father and has been in the family for years. The film opened wide in Argentina on August 16, 2001.

Later it was presented at the Montréal Film Festival on August 29, 2001. The picture was screened at various film festivals, including: the Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain; the Havana Film Festival, Cuba; the Muestra de Cine Mexicano en Guadalajara, Mexico; the Latin America Film Festival, Poland; the Copenhagen International Film Festival, Denmark; and others. It opened in the United States on a limited basis on March 22, 2002.

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