Trenque Lauquen: Part 1 (12A)

★★★★★ This daring mystery is a much better use of your time than a certain historical epic on release. Director Laura Citarella cannily wields narrative like a magician might, misdirecting the audience or obfuscating. ~ Irish Times.

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Mysteries hide inside other mysteries like Russian dolls in Laura Citarella’s Trenque Lauquen. 

In this sprawling epic, set over two parts, twelve chapters, and 260 minutes, an Argentinian city west of Buenos Aires plays home to the labyrinthine story of a missing woman whose disappearance provokes far more questions than answers. What begins as a search for Laura unfolds into varied, interconnected stories about, among other things, the secrets of lovers hidden inside library books, an enigmatic lake creature, the history of the land and its ecology, and one woman’s empowered self-discovery. 

Confusion is part of the equation here; the winding roads and tales of Trenque Lauquen are designed for meandering, for enjoying the discovery of riddles and puzzles, and for letting go of the need to make sense of it all. 

Trenque Lauquen is an epic yet intimate and playful, genre-fluid mystery formed of two-feature length parts, from Argentine auteur Laura Citarella and the El Pampero Cine collective. 

Languages:
Spanish

Subtitles:
Full English

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★★★★★ This expansive Argentine drama is pure pleasure. ~ Financial Times.

★★★★★ An extraordinary achievement in both narrative storytelling and thematic originality. ~ Little White Lies.

★★★★★ The only Yuletide favourite to pivot around an attempted suicide, Capra’s post-war fable is a fascinating melange of social and personal impulses and the questionable charms of home. Funny, compelling and moving. ~ Time Out.