NOTE: THIS SCREENING WILL BE PRESENTED DIGITALLY DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH THE DISTRIBUTOR’S 35MM PRINT.
Few films capture the sweltering heat and languors of summer more palpably than the Argentinian maestra’s captivating and sensorially evocative debut. LA CIENAGA unfolds at a decaying country estate, where a wealthy extended family has come to drink, sunbathe, and lounge around the pool. Roger Ebert called the film “a dank, humid meditation on rotting families,” but the director of THE HOLY GIRL, THE HEADLESS WOMAN, and ZAMA crafted something far more wry: a sweaty social critique of the “discreet charm” of the Argentinian bourgeoisie.