Las Acacias

Argentinian writer and director Pablo Giorgelli made his feature debut with this simple yet profound road movie. A lonely truck driver finds his way to life again after he takes a mother and child from Paraguay to Argentina. Giorgelli takes the road movie and turns it into a profound study of humanity in this almost silent film without a false note. It's a quite remarkable film debut on every level which introduced a new talent along with Germán de Silva and Hebe Duarte who deliver outstanding performances in the leads that's real and humane. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.