Olmo

If ever there was “a film we need right now”, it’s this winning story of love and family out of New Mexico from Fernando Eimbcke (Lake Tahoe, SFF 2008). It’s 1979, and Olmo (Aivan Uttapa, superb), aged 14 and with the dial on his adolescence turned all the way up, has a desperate crush on neighbour Nina. He also has a bedridden father requiring constant care, a roller skating-obsessed sister, and a devoted mother trying to save the family from eviction. But Olmo’s primary concern is how to get his family’s stereo system to Nina’s party tonight – which just might lead to his horny, hormone-fuelled dreams becoming a reality. Effortlessly combining teen angst comedy with heartfelt working-class family drama, Olmo rings exquisitely true at every turn. Plus, the soundtrack rocks!

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