Lost Embrace

Lost Embrace (Spanish: El abrazo partido) is a 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Daniel Burman and written by Burman and Marcelo Birmajer. The film features Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg, Jorge D'Elía, among others. The film was Argentina's official selection for the 2004 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, though it was not nominated. The comedy-drama tells of Ariel Makaroff, the grandson of Holocaust-era Polish refugees, who is currently on a complex search for his personal and cultural identity. It is the second of a semi-autobiographical trilogy by Burman, preceded by Waiting for the Messiah (2000) and followed by Family Law (2006), and also starring Hendler.