Common Ground (2002)
In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to live with his pension. The crisis in Argentina does not allow Fernando to get a new job, and his wife decides to sell her family's apartment and move to a small farm near Villa Dolores to reduce their expenses. Fernando comes up with the idea to grow lavender and sell the oil to the perfume industry.
Director: Adolfo Aristarain
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Federico Luppi as Fernando Robles |
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Mercedes Sampietro as Liliana Rovira |
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Arturo Puig as Carlos Solla |
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Carlos Santamaría as Pedro Robles |
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Valentina Bassi as Natacha |
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Claudio Rissi as Demedio |
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Osvaldo Santoro as Principal |
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José Luis Alfonzo as |
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Yael Barnatán as Fabiana |
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Graciela Tenenbaum as |
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María Fiorentino as Tutti Tudela |
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Pepe Soriano as Farm seller |
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Florencia Merlo as Demedio's Wife |
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Patricia Pan as Demedio's Daughter |
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Micaela González as Demedio's Daughter |
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Lucas Ligorría as Demedio's Son |
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Javier Ortiz as Pedro's Son |
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Guillermo Ayuso as Pedro's Son |
| Directing | Adolfo Aristarain | Director |
| Writing | Lorenzo F. Aristarain | Author |
| Writing | Adolfo Aristarain | Writer |
| Production | Jorge Gundín | Production Manager |
| Production | Gerardo Herrero | Producer |
| Camera | Porfirio Enríquez | Director of Photography |
| Production | Geraldo Herrero | Producer |
| Production | Adolfo Aristarain | Producer |
| Production | Josean Gómez | Producer |
| Editing | Fernando Pardo | Editor |
| Writing | Kathy Saavedra | Writer |