Alejandro Gracias I understand the sacrifice made in movies that are a result of adaptations from long novels where the screenwriter needs to cut down a lengthy book into a 120 pages script. It is important to keep the author's spirit and reflect it in the movie. Yet, there might be a scene that needs to be invented for the sake of cinematographic narrative. I don't understand though, the directors (or screenwriters) who feel they must add their own creative philosophical writing to a well rounded novel when this is not necessary. It does not add anything to the spirit of the book and the movie loses focus and direction. It feels patchy. The book, "A night with Sabrina Love" is concise, direct, modern, fresh, entertaining, it is always moving forward and very cinematographic in its nature. It reminds me for some reason I can't pinpoint, to J. D. Salinger, "The Catcher in the Rye". "A night with Sabrina Love" is a prize winning novel by the way. This movie is less than a mediocre adaptation. It feels old, slow paced, unfocused. Having read the book, I can only think of the director's lack of humility while writing the screenplay. Even though I like Alejandro Agresti's work, I feel he was not a good option to direct this movie. It is sad when these kind of things happen.

jotix100 Having only seen "Valentin", directed by Alejandro Agresti, we had high hopes for this film, which was completed before this one. Mr. Agresti shows he knows what he is doing in adapting Pedro Mairal's novel to the screen.We are taken to the small town in the interior of Argentina to meet Daniel, a young man who is bored with his job at the chicken processing plant where he works, and with his life. He is always late, and his boss lets him know. The highlight of his existence is watching a television program where Sabrina Love, a porn star, invites her viewers to enter a contest to spend a night with her, selected from the best letter she receives about what the winner would like to do with her. Daniel's parents have been killed in a tragic accident when the truck they used for the business suffers an accident.Daniel is the winner! He has little money and must travel far in order to receive his prize. We watch him on the road that also involves swimming from one of the boats that traverse a big river. Along the way, he meets a few people, like the hoodlums that terrorize him and take his money. He also encounters a kind trucker who advises him on having safe sex and gives him condoms. Also, Carmelo, an unemployed man who befriends him and tells him about the perils of the big city.Daniel has a brother in Buenos Aires. Enrique, is gay, and lives with a woman photographer, as her assistant. Daniel has not told Enrique about their parents' death. When he finally gets to meet Sabrina Love, he is in a state of bliss, although his involvement with her will be short lived. In the end, in spite of having had his first sexual experience, Daniel feels lost within Buenos Aires and decides the city is not for him. In the process, Daniel learns a lot about himself and the world outside his little town.Tomas Fonzi is wonderful as Daniel, the young guy who grows up suddenly after he takes a trip of discovery. Cecilia Roth makes another excellent appearance in this film. Fabian Bena, who plays the gay Enrique, is also good. Mario Paolucci, is Carmelo. Giancarlo Giannini and Norma Aleandro have small parts in the film.Alejandro Agresti shows he had a vision in bringing all the elements together in this winning film.

Henry Fields The main reason for me to watch Sabrina Love was the presence of Cecilia Roth. Cecilia is one of the best Argentinian actresses ever, and one of the more famous too. Every time I see his name among the cast of any movie I go and watch it. And so I did with Una Noche Con Sabrina Love (One Night With Sabrina Love). "Una Noche.." contains most of latest Argentinian cinema's keys: lost of dialogues, voices over, reflections on life, and freshness. The story is quite simple: Daniel, a young boy from the country (Tomas Fonzi) dreams of meeting his favourite porn star: Sabrina Love (Cecilia Roth). Thanks to some TV contest he finally makes his dream come true: he'll spend a whole night with Sabrina Love. From the moment he wins the contest on we'll witness all the penalties he has to go through to get to Buenos Aires (he's from the inner side of Argentina, he has to travel more than 300 miles, and he's got no money). As you can see the story itself is not that original (as in the most of Argentinian latest movies), but the dialogues and the reflections are something else. Daniel's conflicts and doubts are the main points of "Una Noche...", and maybe you'll identify with some of them.As for the actors: we got Cecilia Roth and Norma Alenadro, which are two of the more well-known Argentinian actresses; Giancarlo Giannini, one of the most international Italian performers; and Tomas Fonzi, the promising starring of this film. If you like "Una Noche..." I recommend that you give a chance to "No Sabe/No Contesta", "9 Reinas", "El mismo amour, la misma lluvia", or "Kamchatka". There's something going' on in Argentinian cinema. My rate: 6/10

michaelescher I saw this film at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival last night. The film was a charming commentary on love, sex and growing up in modern Argentina. I had a few problems with the narrative flow as the action starts and stops with no explanation as to how the characters arrived at that point in the story. This seemed less a choice in playing with the narrative structure, and more of mistake on the part of the filmmaker. However, all in all, it was a fun filmgoing experience. My Spanish is somewhat flawed, but even with my poor comprehnsion, I could tell that I was missing some great jokes and other crucial information. I'm sure that my experience would have been better with more accurate subtitling.