"Director (and co-writer) Burman displays an assured but intimate filmmaking style, at once casual, playful and idiosyncratic. With key sections of the film related by Ariel in voice-over, it's also a style that fosters complicity and connection with a central character who otherwise might not be a personal favorite." Peter Keough, critic for the Boston Phoenix, also liked Burman's direction, though at times he said the film felt a bit derivative, and wrote, "Burman captures with an affection and an irony that match François Truffaut's, though his stylistic mannerisms can seem a little imitative." The Boston Globe film critic, Wesley Morris, was impressed by the comedy, and wrote, "Lost Embrace has a novelist's human touch. Were it a book, it would go somewhere on the shelf with Jonathan Safran Foer and early Philip Roth. It also possesses traces of early Jean-Luc Godard and his wit with characters, as well as some of Wes Anderson's random silliness. But unlike in Godard and Anderson, an emotional undercurrent runs beneath this movie, and Burman makes that feel good without feeling strained." Awards Wins Bangkok World Film Festival: Best Film; 2004. Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Berlin Bear; Best Actor, Daniel Hendler; Jury Grand Prix, Daniel Burman; 2004. Lleida Latin-American Film Festival: Best Director; Best Film; ICCI Screenplay Award, Marcelo Birmajer and Daniel Burman; 2004. Clarín Awards: Best Film; Best Film Screenplay, Daniel Burman and Marcelo Birmajer; Best Supporting Film Actress, Adriana Aizemberg; 2004. Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Supporting Actress, Adriana Aizemberg; 2005. Nominations Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Berlin Bear, Daniel Burman; 2004. Mar del Plata Film Festival: Best Film, Daniel Burman; 2004. Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor, Best Actor (Mejor Actor Protagonico), Daniel Hendler; Best Director (Mejor Director), Daniel Burman; Best Editing (Mejor Compaginación), Alejandro Brodersohn; Best Film (Mejor Película); Best Music (Mejor Música), César Lerner; Best New Actress (Mejor Revelación Femenina), Rosita Londner; Best Screenplay, Original (Mejor Guión Original de Ficción), Marcelo Birmajer and Daniel Burman; Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor de Reparto), Jorge D'Elía; 2005. References External links 2004 comedy-drama films 2004 films Films about Jews and Judaism Argentine independent films 2000s Spanish-language films French independent films Italian independent films Spanish independent films Argentine comedy-drama films French comedy-drama films Spanish comedy-drama films Films shot in Buenos Aires Films set in Buenos Aires Films directed by Daniel Burman Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winners 2004