Inheritance

Inheritance

2002 · 90 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama

Peter, a young German, enters a suburban Buenos Aires restaurant; seeking only directions, he instead accidentally ends up with a plate smashing into his head, thrown by the irritable Olinda, the 60 year-old Italian immigrant owner of the restaurant. The two develop a friendship once they discover that the reasons for their having moved to Argentina are strikingly similar.

Directed by Paula Hernández · Written by Paula Hernández

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