Trenque Lauquen: Part 1
Trenque Lauquen parte I.
Trenque Lauquen, 1. del
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.

Laura, an academic and botanist, has vanished. 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 never truly becomes his rival. The first, six-chapter part alternates between two timelines and two quests: Rafael and Ezequiel's search for Laura, and flashbacks to Ezequiel and Laura's attempts to track down the identity of Carmen Zuna, a schoolteacher who had a passionate affair with a local landowner in the 1960s. Laura finds their erotic love letters hidden away in books at the library and becomes enamoured, her passion soon infecting Ezequiel.

"This film is part of a larger idea: a group of films where the same character lives different lives in different towns in the province of Buenos Aires. The first film of the saga is called Ostende and it's my first film as a director. The character - Laura - is always performed by Laura Paredes. /…/ What crosses the whole saga is a central idea: a female Sherlock Holmes 'of sorts' lost in towns, keener for adventures than anything else. A film composed by different kind of women." (Laura Citarella)
Section: FOCUS: ARGENTINA
Directed by: Laura Citarella
Country, year: Argentina, Germany, 2022
Length: 128
Subtitles: English,Slovenian
Language: Spanish

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Wed, 8.11.2023 16:00 Kinodvor Cinema Buy
Thu, 16.11.2023 15:45 Slovenian Cinematheque Buy

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Screenplay:
Laura Citarella, Laura Paredes
Cinematography:
Agustin Mendilaharzu, Ines Duacastella, Yarara Rodriguez
Cast:
Laura Paredes (Laura), Ezequiel Pierri (Ezequiel 'Chicho'), Rafael Spregelburd (Rafael), Cecilia Rainero (Normita), Julianna Muras (Juliana), Elisa Carricajo (Elisa Esperanza), Verónica Llinás (Romina)
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Pampero Cine & Grandfilm
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About director
Born in 1981 in La Plata, Argentina. She completed high school in La Plata, Argentina, and went on to attend the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires, from which she graduated with a degree in film directing. Noted as an emerging voice of the New Argentine Cinema movement, Citarella is a core producer at the indie production company El Pampero Cine, and also teaches scriptwriting.
Filmography
2009 Historias breves 5
2011 Ostende
2015 La mujer de los perros (Dog Lady)
2022 Trenque Lauquen, parte I & II (Trenque Lauquen: Part 1 & 2/Trenque Lauquen, 1. in 2. del)