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Argentina / 101 min / 2024 / fiction
Texas Premiere
in Spanish with English subtitles
Direction: Ingrid Pokropek
Screenplay: Ingrid Pokropek
Cinematography: Ana Roy
Editing: Miguel de Zuviría
Producers: Iván Moscovich, Juan Segundo Álamos, Ingrid Pokropek, Magdalena Schavelzon, Pablo Piedras, Miguel Molina, Adán Aliaga
Cast: Sofía Clausen, Pablo Seijo, Lina Ziccarello, Santiago Ferreira, Mercedes Halfon, Walter Jakob
The coming-of-age film, a genre full of landmines of cliches, is rejuvenated by Ingrid Kokropek's direction - a strange brew of fantasy and realism (the very real Buenos Aires becomes a is imbued with a sort of magic when everything around the film's young protagonist becomes a possible sign, a new mystery. Adolescence is caught in all its awkwardness, tenderness, and beauty. - Jhon Hernandez