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2021-07-23T18:31:15-04:00Culture|Latinx Film Guide Samantha Paradiso
Friday rolls around you sit down on your couch with a bottle of wine and takeout while endlessly scrolling through streaming platforms in search of the perfect movie. Now what? Picking a movie is never easy;
this week we are focusing on seven films by Argentine directors. From dark comedies to psychological thrillers, period pieces to coming-of-age films, and gripping documentaries to family dramas, each of these movies should be in your streaming queue.
“The Holy Girl”
Photo courtesy of Teodora Film
Best friends and budding teenagers Amalia (María Alché) and Josefina (Julieta Zylberberg) have dedicated their life to religion as the two practice their faith at a private Catholic school. Amalia’s faith is challenged while at a medical conference held at Hotel Termas; Dr. Jano takes advantage of the distracted crowd and makes an inappropriate pass at her. Disturbed by his behavior, the young teen
Here s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Rodrigo Sepúlveda s
My Tender Matador, from YouTube:
My Tender Matador tells a story that takes place amid the political turmoil during 1980s Chile. Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely cross-dresser and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. This lonely cross-dresser engages in a risky clandestine operation after falling in love with the guerrilla who asks them to hide dangerous secrets of the revolution at home in Chile.
My Tender Matador is directed by Chilean filmmaker
A Thief and His Wife,
Padre Nuestro, and
Aurora previously, as well as many shorts and lots of other TV work in Chile. The screenplay is written by Rodrigo Sepúlveda and Juan Elias Tovar, based on the novel by Pedro Lemebel. This premiered in the Venice Days sidebar at the Venice Film Festival last year. Freestyle Digital Media will release Sepúlveda s