Laura, an academic and botanist, has vanished. As two men in love with her haplessly search for clues, the mystery only deepens. The second chapter starts to illuminate the circumstances behind Laura’s disappearance, only to unwrap an entirely new puzzle: this time about two lesbian lovers in the suburbs who seem to be conducting a scientific experiment, secretly raising a mutant creature. Frankenstein comes to mind here and also as a metaphor for the film’s patchwork structure.
Trenque Lauquen: Part 2 Trenque Lauquen, parte II
A story in two parts about an Argentine botanist gone missing. As the two men who felt they knew her best seek out clues to her whereabouts, mysterious events from the past intertwine with the eternal quest for one’s true self.
cast Laura Paredes (Laura), Ezequiel Pierri (Ezequiel 'Chicho'), Rafael Spregelburd (Rafael), Cecilia Rainero (Normita), Julianna Muras (Juliana), Elisa Carricajo (Elisa Esperanza), Verónica Llinás (Romina)
festivals, awards Venice 2022, San Sebastian 2022
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Little Trouble Girls Kaj ti je deklica
Urška Djukić
Sunday, 09. 03. 2025 / 11:00 / Main Hall
Urška Djukić’s (Granny’s Sexual Life) debut feature explores the power of girls’ voices to overturn traditional ideas and patriarchal patterns through the eyes of a shy and sensitive 16-year-old girl, Lucija. The opening film of the Perspectives Competition and winner of the FIPRESCI Award for Best First Film at this year’s Berlinale.
Savages Sauvages
Claude Barras
Sunday, 09. 03. 2025 / 11:30 / Small Hall
Eleven-year-old Kéria, her young cousin Selaï and orangutan Oshi join forces to protect their tropical forest from destruction. On their exciting mission of the heart, they discover the importance of mutual respect and nature conservation.
Maria Maria
Pablo Larraín
Sunday, 09. 03. 2025 / 16:20 / Main Hall
Chilean director Pablo Larraín, known for Jackie and Spencer, returns with the third instalment of his unofficial trilogy about iconic, tragic women of the 20th century. The film imagines the last week in the life of the legendary opera diva Maria Callas as she struggles with the increasingly blurred lines between the celebrated ‘La Callas’ and the vulnerable, fragile Maria.