OLMO

OLMO

Dance, dri­ve, flirt. Olmo acts like an adult – but he real­ly has to be one. Responsibility included. 
At the end of the 1970s: in a sub­urb of New Mexico, Olmo dreams of Muscle Cars and his beau­tiful neigh­bor. But his youth is any­thing but care­free: like the rest of the fami­ly, Olmo has to look after his father, who has mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis. Overwhelmed by the dai­ly balan­cing act bet­ween money worries and pent-up emo­ti­ons, the fami­ly mem­bers clash time and again – while Olmo tri­es to find his way through the cha­os of puber­ty. Fernando Eimbcke tells the sto­ry of a boy who has to learn what it means to take on real respon­si­bi­li­ty with a fine sen­se of absurd fami­ly moments. Despite the serious sub­ject mat­ter, the film never loses its light­ness. OLMO skillful­ly balan­ces bet­ween coming-of-age, social dra­ma and ever­y­day come­dy – with a loving touch of dis­co. (PP)