Martin (Hache)

Mar 31, 1997

2h 14m

★ 7.5

Don't work. Don't want to study. I'm not a bum. I want to be free.

Overview

An emotionally distant father attempts to reconnect with the son he abandoned. After his estranged son tries to commit suicide, Argentine expat Martín brings the troubled teen to live with him in Spain. But though Martín tries to reach out to his son, he's unable to bond with anyone in his life -- including his much-younger girlfriend

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Tornasol Media

A.V.H. San Luis

Adolfo Aristarain

Canal+ España

TVE

Martin (Hache) Trailers

Cast

Martín

Federico Luppi

Hache

Juan Diego Botto

Dante

Eusebio Poncela

Alicia

Cecilia Roth

Blanca

Ana María Picchio

José M.ª Navarro

Sancho Gracia

Schauve

José María Sacristán

Coracero

Joaquin A. Colmenares

Productor Teatro

Ángel Amorós

Joven oriental

Kojun Notsu

Niña andrógina

Esther Herrera

Mujer espejo

Marisa Cabezón

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