Waiting for the Messiah
2000 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 729 VOTES · DIR. Daniel Burman
Overview
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?
Dialogue Timeline — 708 lines
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00:01:10 It's 6 am, the temperature 66° F...
00:05:00 It's as if... I got false starts
00:07:27 it is replaced by something like a filter
00:10:38 feeling part of this chain
00:16:34 What of?
00:18:35 What package?
00:22:36 "The State Sell"
00:25:05 Listen to me!
00:30:26 There is a fantastic web page in the Internet
00:34:37 What do you see, Santamaría?
00:36:47 We have a lot in common
00:40:04 everything's ready
00:41:51 What the fuck do you want, Annie?
00:44:22 I don't think it's so poetic for him
00:47:58 I live alone and I don't trust people
00:55:07 In your bed?
01:02:07 Do you want to talk?
01:05:42 who recaptured the Temple at Jerusalem destroyed by the Greek
01:10:02 - What for? - What for?
01:13:40 A man's version told by another man, about a woman
01:16:58 to walk barefoot down the beach and let her cook for me...
01:23:36 Who?
01:30:56 Paying taxes, defrosting the refrigerator
01:32:48 New stuff. Do you want to listen?