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Alejandro Agresti’s ‘What We Wanted to Be’ Explores Lives of Pretense in Bittersweet Tale of Love
Alejandro Agresti's “What We Wanted to Be” is a touching story of two people who develop a special relationship yet continue to long for more.
Argentine director Alejandro Agresti(“The Lake House”) returns to the big screen with “ Lo Que Quisimos Ser ” (“What We Wanted to Be”), a touching story of two people who develop a unique relationship yet continue to long for more. They decide to go for a drink and, at her request, make up new identities for themselves, becoming who they always wanted to be: she is Irene, a romantic novelist; he is Yuri, an adventurous astronaut who grew up in Africa. The film, which also pays tribute to Hollywood classics of yesteryear, offers an exploration of social pretense and performance in the real world.
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