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Waiting for the Messiah (2000)

R (US) | Spain, Italy, Argentina | Spanish, Yiddish | 98 min

Directed by: Daniel Burman

6.5

In 1999, Argentina's peso craters. Ariel, a young man from Buenos Aires' Jewish community, deals with his mother's fatal illness, finds a job as a night shift surveillance camera monitor, and wonders when he'll discover sex. Santamaria, middle aged, loses his bank job and is dismissed by his wife; he finds stolen wallets in dumpsters to return to their owners. Ariel tells Santamaria's story to a TV reporter who profiles lives on the street. She's Laura, in a relationship with another woman, but perhaps available. Ariel desires Laura, while Santamaria courts Elsa, a washroom attendant who's husband is in prison. Christmas and Hanukkah approach; can anyone connect?

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Cast & Crew

Daniel Burman

Director

Daniel Hendler

Ariel Goldstein

Héctor Alterio

Simón

Enrique Piñeyro

Santamaría

Melina Petriella

Estela

Stefania Sandrelli

Elsa

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ESPERANDO AL MESÍAS Trailer

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Release Date

Argentina

No data

2000-05-25

Italy

(Venice Film Festival)

2000-09

Canada

(Toronto International Film Festival)

2000-09-14

Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Waiting for the Messiah

(Original title)

Esperando al mesías

Argentina

Esperando o Messias

Brazil

Parent Guide

We see a man and a woman in a bedroom together. The woman is topless and her breasts are in full view until she puts her dress on and buttons it in the front.

We see Santamaria washing up in a ladies bathroom. He is in a tank top undershirt and his boxer underwear.

We see Santamaria in the shower, when finished, we see him walk out of the shower fully nude from the back. His bare buttocks is in full view until he wraps himself in a towel and walks down a narrow hallway away from camera view.

We see "in movie" video taken of prostitutes on the street at night. Several of the women show extensive cleavage and ultra short skirts almost showing rear ends when bent over talking to car drivers.

We see two women in bed together fully naked shown in extreme close up camera shots, some breasts and nipples are visible. When finished, we see the two women laying on a bed naked on their stomachs facing each other. One says to the other "It'd be easier with a dick".

We see the two women sitting up in bed together, talking and still naked. Both women's breasts are visible as they talk.

We see Santamaria in the shower again with his buttocks in view.

We see Santamaria kiss a woman after getting out of the shower. She says "I forgot how to do that". He says "lets work on remembering". A door closes and sex is implied but not seen.

Two women dressed in skimpy underwear bounce on the bed.

We see a man kneeling on the floor beside a bed between a woman's raised legs. He then leans forward as if to begin oral sex on the woman but his head is partially obstructed by the woman's leg and darkness. The scene continues for several seconds and there is no question what is taking place. His head and her legs are in plain view during this time yet the actual oral sex is obscured.

We see a naked woman on her stomach presumably asleep. The camera pans down her naked body to her feet where a man is sitting on the floor. Her body is shrouded in shadow so all we see is the softly lit outline of her naked form from head to toe.

We see a man and a woman kissing in front of a video studio mixing board.

We see a woman in her panties and a short tee shirt standing at a second floor window smoking, she can be seen from her knees up. She is seen again sitting on a bean bag chair inside the apartment. Another woman enters and the woman in panties gets up and hugs the second woman from behind at the window.

We see two women hugging and kissing passionately in front of an apartment window. They are fully clothed.

We see a naked woman sitting on the floor near a bed, a man is close by on the bed. Her breasts are in full view as she talks to the man and holds hands. He pulls her up onto the bed and they lay stomach to stomach.

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