The Tenth Man

2016 [SPANISH]

Comedy / Drama / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 71% · 14 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 1228 1.2K

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Plot summary

After many years away, Ariel is summoned by his distant father to his childhood home in the bustling Jewish quarter of Buenos Aires, known as El Once. Over the course of seven days, during the vibrant holiday of Purim, Ariel seeks to reconnect with his father, who runs a Jewish charity and is regarded as a big macher in the close-knit community, but was frequently absent due to his obligation to fulfill the Jewish quorum of having 10 men present at all funerals.


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Reviewed by canniballife-78396 7 / 10

A Little Story That Needs to Be a Little Longer

Ariel is semi-estranged from his abrupt and somewhat eccentric father. His father (Usher) lives in the Jewish section of Buenos Aires, while Ariel - living a more secular life - makes his home in New York City. Ariel has a girlfriend he's serious about and he wants her to meet dad, so the plan is to fly down to Argentina and everybody can meet everybody. Which is not what happens. I loved the fact that nobody in this movie looks like a movie star and Buenos Aires isn't looking all that great, either. I'm not even sure how many people caught on film are actually actors. Real people, in a real place, and a little story about a guy who comes home again and starts to wonder why he left. In the end, a sweet-tempered and amusing story - but a few things need explaining that aren't explained very well. Just a few more minutes to explain Ariel's sudden change in mood.

Reviewed by info-12010 5 / 10

Unlikeable

Other reviews describe the gist of the movie, so I won't repeat it. Instead, I offer my take-away.

The reasons I was disappointed with this movie are ...

Not one person in this movie is likeable. Perhaps that was intentional, although I don't know what it accomplishes, because I could never discern the point of the film. The trajectory is unknowable and, as far as I am concerned, pointless.

Other than one woman who chooses to be quiet, deliberate and mute, everyone in the movie is rushed, demanding, and confused.

I couldn't feel any empathy towards anyone or their situation. All the characters were unlikeable, if not annoying. Everything is in chaos, dilapidated, disorganized, etc. I'm sure this was intentional too, but to what end, I cannot fathom.

I've been to Once (the neighborhood where this takes place) and it certainly is chaotic, crowded and full of live. I'm sure there are fascinating stories to be told that would grab my attention, but there was no interesting story here; just a prolonged wait for the moment when it all coalesced. But there was no such moment.

Reviewed by hof-4 8 / 10

The Jewish community in Buenos Aires

The original title is El Rey del Once, literally The King of Eleven. Eleven ("once" in Spanish) is the name of a quarter of Buenos Aires around Plaza Once de Septiembre (Square September Eleven) named after a happening in Argentine history on September 11, 1888. This quarter is home to numerous Jewish families that settled there in the first half of the 20th. century and after. It is not a ghetto in any sense of the word; it looks like any middle class neighborhood in Buenos Aires. The title has been translated to The Tenth Man, not a bad choice since this refers to the need for ten men in some Jewish rituals. This plays a role in the movie.

The protagonist, Ariel, has lived for years abroad and is presently in Buenos Aires. He is estranged from his father Usher, and wishes to reconnect with him. We learn from flashbacks that Usher was an absentee father, although this alone doesn't explain the extreme father/son tension that makes Usher avoid Ariel or prevents him from looking Ariel in the face. Usher is The King of Eleven, a neighborhood wheeler-dealer bent not on personal success but on helping the quarter's less advantaged neighbors (he seems to spend all his time in this endeavor). The name of the actor that impersonates Usher is Usher Barilka, so we may assume the character is real or has real components.

A recurring theme in some of Daniel Burman's movies (Waiting for the Messiah 2000, Lost Embrace 2004, Family Law 2006) is the place of a young man in the Jewish community of Buenos Aires and his conflicted relation with his father. Burman retakes the subject in the present film in a more austere, almost documentary fashion. Ariel, the young man, faces a choice, One of the alternatives is a life with everyday acts determined by precise although illogical rituals (this applies to other religions as well) but providing an identity, a sense of community and an opportunity for caring for each other (although it also implies isolation from society at large). The other choice is that of freedom, with all its attendant dangers and sometimes elusive rewards. There is no clear cut answer to this dilemma and Burman doesn't attempt to provide one. As in real life, we are not given complete information about the characters' interaction: we hear that Ariel's mother took the second choice, but we get to know nothing about her relationship with Usher or with Ariel. The movie lets much for the viewer to imagine. A fascinating film.

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