Sidewalls

Sidewalls

How do you find love when you don’t know where it is?

PG-13 2011 · 94 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama, Romance

Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?

Directed by Gustavo Taretto · Written by Gustavo Taretto

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Pilar López de Ayala Mariana
Javier Drolas Martín
Inés Efrón Ana
Rafael Ferro Rafa
Jorge Ernesto Lanata Traumatólogo
Carla Peterson Marcela
Adrián Navarro Lucas
Romina Paula Ex novia
Alan Pauls Ex novio
Miguel Dedovich Psiquiatra
Miguel Ángel Álvarez Hombre atropellado
Martín Feldman Peleador pileta

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