Trenque Lauquen | with introduction
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Sat 9 May
A woman vanishes. Two men take to the road in search of her: they both love her. Why did she leave? Each one of them has his own suspicions, and hides them from the other one who—mysteriously—never truly becomes his rival. Neither is right—but is anyone? This sudden runaway becomes the hidden core of a number of fictions that the film delicately weaves together: the secret of the heart of another woman, lost as well, many years ago; the secret of the life of a village in the countryside, governed by a supernatural incident that nobody seems to perceive; the secret of the plains, which never ceases to spread and devour everything, like the shadows that invade the world after the twilight hour. The film will be introduced by Kevin Toma, film journalist for de Volkskrant and a great fan of Trenque Lauquen. Toma: “The wondrous, deeply human, intimate, tragicomic, thrilling, and beautifully mysterious Trenque Lauquen is a slow cinema blend of Jacques Rivette and David Lynch, with touches of Twin Peaks, Psycho, and Laura, but without violence. And above all it is entirely its own and unique. I am amazed by the treasures this beautifully shot film has to offer, whether you are seeing it for the first time or revisiting it. Trenque Lauquen is in my top 10 greatest films of all time.”
Kevin Toma (1974) studied Film Studies in Nijmegen. Since 2007, he has been writing about film for de Volkskrant. In addition, he regularly gives lectures and courses throughout the country, including at Natlab, and is both a composer and performer of new music for silent films. In 2024, he received the Louis Hartlooper Oeuvreprijs for his work.
- Direction
- Laura Citarella
- Cast
- Laura Paredes, Ezequiel Pierri, Rafael Spregelburd
- Duration
- 250 min
- Country
- Argentina, Germany
- Language
- Spanish
- Subtitles
- English