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Mon 18 May
18:10

La Ciénaga 12A

Part of 50 Years of Argentina on Film
Lucrecia Martel, Argentina, Spain, France, 2001, 103m.

The screening on 18 May will be introduced by Professor of Latin American Film Deborah Martin.


This Argentinean tale, which revolves around a group of families passing summer vacation in a rural country house, does not rely on a concrete plot line, but rather roves, rambles, and stumbles upon each new event. No event, no action, no exchange of words, no scene of the movie is more or less important than another. Instead, the film continues nonsequentially in what feels like a prolonged wait.


Critically acclaimed and voted the greatest Argentine film in a 2022 poll, Lucrecia Martel's moody and atmospheric debut is an acerbic look at the decadence of the bourgeoise, class, gender and the place of the indegenous community in modern day Argentina.



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