‘Olmo’ Review: Plan B’s Splendid Coming-Of-Age Story Of Mexican-American Family Comes At The Right Time – Berlin Film Festival
deadline.comAt its heart Olmo is a simple story about immigrants, coming of age, growing up, taking responsibility, love, friendship, a stereo, a barbecue, roller skates, and above all family.
The latest from director Fernando Eimbcke (Duck Season, Club Sandwich) is not inherently political at all, but this beautifully written and acted period film set in 1979 is coming at a perilous time for immigrant families in America and so it is hard to watch it and not get angry at the way their lives are being upended.
However that part of it is not what this one is actually about. This is the story of just one family, particulary the 14 year old boy, Olmo (Aivan Ultapa).
He is much like other kids his age in a Mexican-American family. The parents speak Spanish, Olmo and his friends speak English.
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