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"Letters for Jenny" is a sad story about a young Jewish woman who has to deal with the untimely death of a mother who loved her too much, preferring to leave this world than facing her own terminal illness. Jenny, who is from Argentina, finds herself in a dilemma as her musician boyfriend wants to make a career in Spain. The young woman is left alone to deal with her pregnancy and must go searching for answers about herself and the mother who was not around to help her, and guide her through a difficult period of her young life.

In search of those answers, and with only a few letters her mother wrote to her, only to be opened at key moments, she goes to her mother's best friend, Sofia, and a rabbi from her country, both now living in Israel. Meeting Sofia's son, Eitan, a childhood friend, serving in the Israeli army, helps Jenny in her quest for finding closure, as well as looking forward to a an uncertain future, where even her own father cannot guide her to see clearly.

"Letters for Jenny" was directed by Diego Musiak. The screenplay is by Andrea Baub. The production was a collaboration between Argentina, Israel and Spain. It is a sad story with a positive message as Jenny, who has led a somewhat sheltered life, must act on her own to solve the problem that has intrigued her forever. She finds the solution reading the four letters her mother wrote to her before dying. Acting by herself she discovers she is capable of getting over a romance that was not for her, but was too blind not to see it.

The best thing in the film is the performance by Gimena Accardi, an intelligent young actress whose work was mainly seen on television. Fabio Di Tomaso has some good moments as Eitan. Martin Seefeld appears as Sergio, and the wonderful Beatriz Spelzini, who made an impression in "The Cat Vanishes", plays Sofia.