TODA LA GENTE SOLA. A heat wave in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe province, makes life duller than usual. But an unhappily married housewife, an electro-preacher and a kid insecure about his sexual orientation take time to find a reason for living.  Argentina, 2009, in Spanish. Written and directed by: Santiago Giralt. With: Lola Berthet, Erica Rivas, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Mónica Villa. NC13. Running time: 104 minutes.

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (La felicidad trae suerte). Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake) makes a departure from his bleak genre, resorting to a comedy set in London, foggy but otherwise filled with happy-go-lucky people. Happy-Go-Lucky (UK, 2008, in English with Spanish subtitles). Written and directed by: Mike Leigh. With: Sally Hawkins, Elliot Cowan. NC13. Running time: 117 minutes.

CHE. GUERRILLA. Second and last installment in Steven Soderbergh’s saga about the Rosario-born guerrilla killed in Bolivia in 1967.
Che: Part Two (Spain/France/US, 2008, in Spanish and English). Directed by: Steven Soderbergh. Written by: Peter Buchman and Benjamin A. van der Veen, based on Diario del Che en Bolivia. With: Benicio del Toro, Demián Bichir. NC13. PG. Running time: 130 minutes.

THE VISITOR. Richard Jenkins — Best Supporting Oscar nominee for this role — plays an upper class Manhattanite who finds relief from his grey life by supporting two illegal immigrants. The Visitor (US, 2007, in English, French, Arabian and Russian). Written and directed by: Thomas McCarthy. With: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira. NR. Running time: 102 minutes.