An Unexpected Love

An Unexpected Love (original title El amor menos pensado), the debut feature of director Juan Vera, is a dramatic comedy about the existential crisis and decision to separate faced by a married couple of 25 years after their son leaves home for university. It stars Ricardo Darín and Mercedes Morán. The film was the opening selection of the 66th San Sebastián International Film Festival, competing in the official lineup for the Golden Shell. The film holds an 89 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. Who it's for: anyone curious about an Argentine dramatic comedy tackling the existential crisis a long marriage faces once the children leave home, which opened the San Sebastián Film Festival. Who it's not for: viewers looking for a young love story, since the film centers on a middle aged, long married couple's relationship.