LUCRECIA MARTEL | ARGENTINA | 2017 | 115 MIN | NR | SPANISH, GUARANI, PORTUGUESE
ZAMA may be a slight departure from her other work, yet Martel’s disdain for the social elite and powerful reigns throughout this wry historical film about a bored Argentine magistrate beholden to any of the Spanish king’s whims in order to secure his transfer from the colonist outpost.
Cast: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Juan Minujín, Mariana Nunes
Part of the Philadelphia Film Society's Director Series: Lucrecia Martel series.
In 2001, Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel firmly established and defined the New Argentine Cinema movement with her astonishing debut film that explores the social and physical decay of an increasingly removed middle class destined for destruction. Her distinct visual and sound design, along with playfully cryptic scripts, create unforgettable, singular works that may elicit laughs, anger, fear–often all at once.
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