Common Ground
2002 · 110 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 2,121 VOTES · DIR. Adolfo Aristarain
Overview
In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to live with his pension. The crisis in Argentina does not allow Fernando to get a new job, and his wife decides to sell her family's apartment and move to a small farm near Villa Dolores to reduce their expenses. Fernando comes up with the idea to grow lavender and sell the oil to the perfume industry.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,341 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:53 COMMON GROUND
00:06:00 That's the Dean's decision.
00:09:47 that's no good either.
00:14:11 Fer!
00:19:23 How much will you get?
00:23:00 It gives us great pleasure mixed with serene joy
00:25:50 as the writer who published a novel nobody read and who vanished.
00:28:42 You know I don't give a shit about patriotism. You sold out.
00:32:49 Don't feel guilty about anything.
00:36:02 - Haven't you got any savings? - A little bit.
00:40:00 This is not bad for you. It's killing you. Understand?
00:43:31 And the mountains depress me.
00:47:01 Almost? Everywhere.
00:53:05 and that perhaps it's given us back our sense of vitality.
00:59:48 But I think it's okay. It's okay, Fernando.
01:04:12 Then he won't suffer.
01:09:30 Pedro? It's dad. This is dad. Is it early?
01:14:55 I'll subtract the costs, pay off the loan
01:18:39 if they have cooperatives... .
01:23:34 It suits you. Tutti.
01:27:16 I'd stop being discreet and tell her all you've told me.
01:33:32 Please tell me the truth.
01:41:31 Well, well, well!
01:48:27 Liliana.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,341
Dialogue density12.2 lines / min
First line00:00:53
Final line01:48:27
Production Record
DirectorAdolfo Aristarain
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes2,121