La ciénaga (Martel, 2001): Castle Cinema, 6.45pm
This presentation by Jellied Reels also screens on February 9th. Details here.
Chicago Reader review:
This astonishing 2001 debut by Argentine director Lucrecia Martel (The Holy Girl)
manages to sustain tension and anxiety throughout. At their run-down
country estate, a middle-aged couple drink away the hot, sticky days,
ignoring their bored adolescent children. An accident next to the murky
swimming pool sends the mother to her bed, while the other members of
the family wander around, taking potshots at dogs and wild animals in
the surrounding swamplands or flopping down on unmade beds, oblivious to
ringing phones and doorbells and one another. After the mother’s cousin
arrives from town with her own brood, violence seems not just possible
but probable. This has the power of great literature, and it’s
remarkably assured in its juggling of two large families. Every shot is
dense with life, with children and animals running in and out, yet the
movie is highly focused, a small masterpiece.
Meredith Brody
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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