Migrant and Diasporic Cinema in Contemporary Europe

Migrant and Diasporic Cinema in Contemporary Europe

Martín (Hache)

Adolfo Aristarain(1997)

Argentina, Spain

Genre: Drama
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)

This film is available as a DVD in the Project Library at Royal Holloway, University of London

Film that explicitly addresses the conflicts emerging from transnational movement, mostly through the story of Martin and his son, Martin Hache (where "Hache" stands for the letter "h", which stands for "hijo", i. e. "son"), as they try to settle down in Madrid. A Spanish-Argentinian coproduction directed by a major Argentinian director, with very high-profile cast of Spanish and Argentinian actors.

Keywords: Spanish immigration film; Spanish Americans (Argentinans) in Spain; father-son relationship; drugs; uprootedness.

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