in Buenos Aires. His mother confesses to Ariel that his father left Argentina and the family because she had a brief affair with Osvaldo, the retailer next door. It was a one time thing and did not mean anything but it ruined the marriage. Ariel finally gets to hear his father's side of the story: he could not get over the fact that his mother had betrayed him with Osvaldo. Elías can finally enfold his son in a long-overdue embrace, and Ariel embraces his father as well in the closing moments of the film. The grandmother sings a klezmer song over the closing credits. Cast Daniel Hendler as Ariel Makaroff, a young Argentinian desperately on a complex search for his personal and cultural identity. He's upset at his father abandoned him and his family in the early 1970s. Adriana Aizemberg as Sonia Makaroff, wants to get on with her life, and seems to have forgiven her former husband. She runs "Elias Creations" at the Gallery and loves to dance to Jewish folk songs with her boyfriend Marcos. Sergio Boris as Joseph Makaroff, is absorbed in his business, which involves importing novelties and maintaining elaborate feuds. Diego Korol as Mitelman, is Ariel's best friend who's too fascinated by his Lithuanian secretary to think about anything else. Silvina Bosco as Rita, runs the internet shop and seduces Ariel every chance she gets. Rosita Londner as abuela de Ariel, who fled Poland during World War II with her husband. She's also a talented singer who gave up singing after she came to Argentina. Isaac Fajm as Osvaldo, is the owner of a stationery store. We find out late in the film that he had a brief affair with Sonia Makaroff. Jorge D'Elía as Elías Makaroff, the father of the Makaroff family who left for Israel in the early 1970s, ostensibly to fight in the Yom Kippur War. Melina Petriella as Estela Atilio Pozzobon as Saligani Papá Mónica Cabrera as Saligani Mamá Franco Tirri as Saligani Hijo Luciana Dulizky as Saligani Hija Eloy Burman as Saligani Bebé Juan José Flores Quispe as Ramón Catalina Cho as Ho Kim Pablo Kim as Kim Wolfrans Hecht as Polish consul Salo Pasik as Marcos Background Lost Embrace is part of a loose trilogy of films. The other two are: Esperando al mesías (2000) and Derecho de familia (2006). All were written and directed by Burman and star