Olmo
In this charmingly funny coming-of-age story, the stolen moments of freedom are tinged with the smell of dust, cigarettes and a storm of hormones.
Olmo is fourteen and infatuated with his beautiful neighbour Nina. When Nina invites Olmo – and his parents’ stereos – with her to a party on the other side of the city, nothing can stop Olmo from going. Not even his responsibility about his father who is ill with multiple sclerosis.
Olmo’s family is tight with money, so his mother works hard and the stereos have remained unfixed. With his big sister focused on being a teenager and mother always working, Olmo is left with caring for his father, even when he would much rather hang out with his best friend or Nina.
The dramedy by the Mexican director Fernando Eimbcke (Lake Tahoe, R&A 2008, Club Sandwich, R&A 2014) is set in year 1979’s New Mexico and hits painfully in the transition time between childhood and youth. The coming-of-age story radiates misty and sweaty light. Shadows are as long as scenes are short.
Aivan Uttapa is effortless playing Olmo, who is tackling the turbulences of youth and hormones. The teenage boy hiding from his responsibilities is a charming combination of silly chaos and too big boots for him to fill. The stolen moments of freedom taste of dust, cigarettes and sun-warmed beer.
Saija Holm (translated by Laura Niittynen)
Screenings
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Maxim 2Mon 21.9. at 16.30–17.5484 min, 1/3
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Kino Engel 1Wed 23.9. at 21.00–22.2484 min, 2/3
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Kino Engel 1Sun 27.9. at 14.30–15.5484 min, 3/3