
Abzurdah(2015)
A disenfranchised 16-year-old girl connects to an older man on the internet and after a brief one-sided affair descends into obsession and anorexia.


Amid the sweltering summer heat in northern Argentina, two middle-class families retreat to a crumbling country estate and a modest townhouse, where strained relationships, simmering tensions, and the presence of children and servants quietly expose the fractures of family life. Between idle days, gossip, and unspoken desires, the boundaries of class, tradition, and faith are reflected in their everyday interactions.

Mercedes Morán
Tali

Graciela Borges
Mecha

Martín Adjemián
Gregorio

Leonora Balcarce
Verónica

Silvia Baylé
Mercedes

Sofia Bertolotto
Momi

Juan Cruz Bordeu
José
Noelia Bravo Herrera
Agustina
Maria Micol Ellero
Mariana

Daniel Valenzuela
Rafael
La Ciénaga is a drama film released in 2001 exploring themes of argentina, racism, summer, drunk, racial prejudice, racial stereotype. Directed by Lucrecia Martel, it stars Mercedes Morán, Graciela Borges, Martín Adjemián. Amid the sweltering summer heat in northern Argentina, two middle-class families retreat to a crumbling country estate and a modest townhouse, where strained relationships, simmering tensions, and the presence of children and servants quietly expose the fractures of family life. Between idle days, gossip, and unspoken desires, the boundaries of class, tradition, and faith are reflected in their everyday interactions.
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