Carla Peterson, Ricardo Darín, Mercedes Morán and Daniel Hendler sweep Netflix with the premiere of two new Argentine films

Netflix It became a key platform to rediscover the different stages of love through Argentine cinema. Among the productions, two titles stand out with a luxury cast and an emotionally opposite tone: The Least Thoughtful Lovestarring Ricardo Darín and Mercedes Morán, and 27 Nightsby Daniel Hendler and Carla Peterson. Both films are located in the comedy and drama genre and are already available in the streaming platform’s catalog. In this line, two generations are reflected, two views on desire and loneliness, but with a common point: the need to reinvent oneself when certainties fade.

Love Least Thought, a Netflix hit

In El Amor Menos Pensado, the feature film directed by Juan Vera, Ricardo Darín and Mercedes Morán play a couple who, after 25 years of marriage, faces an existential void that leads them to separate “for love.” With a script that mixes irony, reflection and tenderness, the film portrays the crisis of old age with a naturalness that makes it close and deeply human since the story begins when the son they have in common becomes independent of his parents and leaves home. Both actors manage to capture that stage in which love is confused with custom and freedom with nostalgia.

After their separation, Marcos, played by Darín, and Ana, by Morán, embark on individual paths, full of uncertainty and new experiences. Both face loneliness, desire and the search for a new meaning in their lives. This film invites you to reflect on love, fidelity and desire from an adult and mature perspective. In addition, It raises questions about the decisions made in life and how these can affect the future.

27 Nights, the other side of love proposed by Netflix

27 Nights, Daniel Hendler’s most recent film, is now available on Netflix. It was selected to open the San Sebastián Festival and is an adaptation of the book by Natalia Zito, which tells the story of the writer and visual artist Natalia Kohen. In this production, the main character is called Martha Hoffman: an 83-year-old woman who is admitted to a neuropsychiatric hospital against her will, a case that generated debate about mental health in Argentina.

The protagonist spent 27 nights in the institution. However, his departure did not mark the end of the conflict, but rather initiated a trigger. His daughters, played by Carla Peterson and Paula Grinszpan, who had requested his hospitalization, they sought an evaluation to determine if he suffered from a mental illness that warranted his readmission. As time goes by, the expert (Daniel Hendler) begins to suspect that the heiresses are seeking, through hospitalization, safeguard the family inheritance valued at a fortune.

Both film proposals based on drama and humor seek to make users feel identified with the stories of both families. Furthermore, the two productions are, ultimately, different mirrors of the same search: to understand what remains when love changes form. Love Less Thought Reformulates the new conception of love in the elderly, while 27 Nights rescues the magic of the ephemeral and the search for freedom through unexpected friendships, spontaneous dances and night walks with mental health problems as a horizon of debate.

With brilliant performers such as Ricardo Darín, Mercedes Morán, Carla Peterson and Daniel Hendler, national cinema reaffirms its power to move and cross borders, traveling the world with a single click away. And it does so, once again, from the Netflix screen, where the most profound stories always find their place with quality productions and a cast that leaves all their talent reflected in the filming.

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