Reel Latino
Films from Latin America
Handsomely photographed feature debut.
The Hollywood Reporter

Atlántida

15+ (exemption) DIRECTOR: INES MARÍA BARRIONUEVO.
CAST: MELISA ROMERO, FLORENCIA DECAL, SOL ZAVALA, GUILLERMO PFENING. ARGENTINA, 2014, DRAMA, 78 MIN, SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

Over the course of one hot summer’s day in rural Argentina, two sisters grapple with teen angst and self-discovery. Lucía (Melisa Romero) and Elena (Florencia Decal), are stranded in their parents’ modest small-town home as the day begins. While the younger whiny and spoiled Elena is laid up in bed with a broken ankle, Lucía heads out early to a local swimming pool. As the day progresses, each girl chooses her own adventure: Lucía meets up with Ana (Sol Zavala), a quiet girl her age with whom she gradually forms a very special bond; and Elena weasels her way into accompanying her older male doctor on some calls, eventually awkwardly exercising her burgeoning sexual prowess.

Documentary-style imagery aptly captures the sweltering atmosphere of the surroundings, as well as the girls’ slow and stumbling climb towards adulthood as they navigate their relationships with those around them.

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION
    GENERATION 14PLUS - BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL 2014
    LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL TOULOUSE 2014
Australian Premiere.
All non-English films screen with English subtitles.

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