The Truce (1974 film)

The Truce Spanish La tregua is a 1974 Argentine film directed by Sergio Renn and cowritten with Ada Bortnik, based on the eponymous novel by Mario Benedetti. It was the first Argentine film to be nominated for an Academy Award the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

After having a onenight stand with a woman he met on the bus Norma Aleandro, Martn starts going through a series of events that alter his life completely. Santini has a nervous breakdown at work and rants against the complacency of his coworkers he is subsequently replaced, though the breakdown marks Martn and forces him to look at his own life. His son Jaime finally comes out and decides to leave home to save the family from embarrassment and further complications. Topping it all, Martn, who has befriended Laura, professes his love for her at a caf and implores her to look beyond the age difference he is 49, she isand give him a chance. She accepts.The two start dating and Martn regains his wont of living. Their relationship never falters, and hints of infidelity are quickly dismissed. He moves into her apartment, forsaking his son and daughter who starts dating a man herself. This upsets Esteban even more, who blames his father for giving him a mediocre life. Martn implores him that it is never late to change, and they reconcile. ........

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