"Actor: Daniel Hendler"

• Lost Embrace (El Abrazo Partido) | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £5.98   |  Saving you £16.00 (401.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From director Daniel Burman one of the most prominent and exciting of the young directors forming the 'New Wave' in Argentine Cinema comes this much anticipated highly acclaimed and award-winning comedy. A story of a first bittersweet encounter between a father and his young adult son the film conjures up an ensemble of engaging characters who pursue their humble dreams with witty humour irresistible passion and an infectious generosity of spirit. Ariel wants more than an escape from the seedy Buenos Aires mall he calls home and a passport from Poland where his grandparents fled to escape the Holocaust. He wants to understand why his father left his family shortly after his birth to fight a war in Israel and why he never returned. When Ariel's father returns to Buenos Aires he brings with him new truths and a new story... Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Film and Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival 2004.

• The Paranoids | DVD | (25/06/2018) from £5.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Luciano Gauna, a wannabe screenwriter reduced to working at children's parties, bumps into his old friend Manuel, who is now a huge success in Spain as star of television series The Paranoids. While out of the country Manuel asks Luciano to help out his beautiful girlfriend Sofia who confides in Luciano that Manuel's successful television character is, in fact, based on Luciano himself. With nowhere to go, Sofia spends the night in Luciano's apartment and she seems to be attracted by the same qualities that Manuel rejects as weaknesses... An award-winning romantic comedy and the first feature film from director Gabriel Medina, The Paranoids (Los Paranoicos) features a memorable performance from Daniel Hendler as the hapless Luciano. A highly personal film for Medina, most of the incidents are based on real events that either happened to himself or his friends.