I can't remember how I heard about Lake Tahoe, but I am so very glad I did. It's part of the Film Movement series, which is this subscription thing you can buy and they'll send you a new film on DVD every month. These are independent, international films that don't get much, if any, U.S. distribution. It's a Mexican film and is directed by Fernando Eimbcke.
The film centers around a teenager named Juan (Diego Catano) who crashes his car. He spends the entire movie trying to find someone who can fix it, but instead, everyone keeps offering him breakfast. He meets an old mechanic who has a dog as his only companion, a young mother who asks him to babysit so she can go to a concert, and a teenage mechanic who is obsessed with martial arts. By the end of the film, we find out why it is so important for him to fix his car.
I think Lake Tahoe is a wonderful movie. Eimbcke has a very distinct visual style. He loves to leave the camera in one place, in a medium shot, and let the action move in and out of the shot. His humor is subtle and clever and he has something important to say with this film. It is reflective and melancholy, and I would highly recommend you add it to your Netflix queue. This is one of the year's best films.
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