SYNOPSIS

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 run away 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.

Original title: Trenque Lauquen (Part I & Part II) Country: Argentina, Germany Language: Spanish

Running time: Part I - 128 min / Part II - 132 min Production Year: 2022

CAST

Part I: Laura Paredes, Ezequiel Pierri, Rafael Spregelburd, Cecilia Rainero

Part II: Laura Paredes, Ezequiel Pierri, Juliana Muras, Elisa Carricajo, Verónica Llinás

CREW

Director: Laura Citarella Screenwriter: Laura Citarella, Laura Paredes Editor: Miguel de Zuviría, Alejo Moguillansky Production: Ingrid Pokropek, Ezequiel Pierri Director of Photography: Agustin Mendilaharzu, Inés Duacastella, Yarará Rodríguez Sound : Marcos Canosa Music : Gabriel Chwojnik Costumes: Flora Caligiuri Art: Laura Caligiuri Producers: Laura Citarella, Ezequiel Pierri, Agustín Mendilaharzu, Alejo Moguillanksy, Mariano Llinás, Ingrid Pokropek (El Pampero Cine) Co-producers: Stefan Butzmühlen, Patrick Horn, Mikosch Horn (Grandfilm) World Sales: Luxbox

FESTIVALS

Venice Film Festival - Orizzonti - 2022

San Sebastián International Film Festival - Zabaltegi-Tabakalera - 2022

New York Film Festival - 2022

American Film Institute Festival, AFI FEST - Discovery - 2022

Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Open Horizons - 2022

Mar Del Plata Film Festival - Latin American Competition - Best Feature Length Film - 2022

Hainan International Film Festival - International Competition - 2022

Black Canvas Film Festival - Official Selection - 2023

Afi Fest - Discovery - 2023

Cineuropa Compostela Film Festival - Main Competition - 2023

Hainan Island International Film Festival - International Competition - 2023

Black Movie Film Festival - Official Selection - 2023

Rotterdam International Film Festival - Official Selection - 2023

Goteborg Film Festival - Voyage - 2023

Vilnius International Film Festival - Critics’ Choice - 2023

Cinelatino - Competition - 2023

Hong Kong International Film Festival - Global Vision - 2023

Internacional Film Festival en Uruguay - Official Selection - 2023

Beijing International Film Festival - Panorama - 2023

Jeonju International Film Festival - World Cinema - 2023

Indie Lisboa - Silvestre Competition - 2023

Taipei Film Festival - Showcase - 2023

Director's Biography

Born in La Plata (Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina) in 1981, Citarella graduated as a film director from the Universidad del Cine. Since 2005, she has been part of El Pampero Cine Production Company, along with Mariano Llinás, Alejo Moguillansky and Agustín Mendilaharzu. She directed films like Ostende (2011), La Mujer de los Perros (2015) and Las Poetas visitan a Juana Bignozzi (2019). Trenque Lauquen is her forth film. Citarella has also made a name for herself as one of the biggest independent movie producers in Argentina. Her production work includes, among others, Mariano Llinás’s Extraordinary Stories and La Flor, and Alejo Moguillansky’s Castro, The Parrot and the Swan, The Goldbug and For the Money.                                         

Director’s Filmography

Trenque Lauquen (2022)

Las poetas visitan a Juana Bignozzi / Poets visit Juana Bignozzi (Co-direction with Mercedes Halfon, 2019)

-Released in Mar del Plata’s International Film Festival in 2019 where it obtained the award of best director in the Argentine Competition. The film has also received the Silver Dove Award in Dok Leipzig 2020.

La Mujer de los Perros / Dog Lady (In co-direction with Verónica Llinás, 2015)

- Participated at Biennalle College 2013. Released at 2015 Tiger Award Competition in Rotterdam, The film has been screened at different festivals: New York New Directors New Films 2015 - Copenhagen CPH PIX 2015 - Buenos Aires BAFICI 2015- International Competition (Best Actress) Riviera Maya 2015 - MOOOV 2015 - Cluj Transilvania 2015 - Moscow Zerkalo 2015 (Young Critics Award) - Pesaro 2015 - Durban 2015 - Hamburg Film Fest 2015 - Mumbai Film Fest - London BFI 2015 - Viennale 2015 – Athens 2015 (Best Actress).

Ostende (2011)

- Premiered in the Argentine competition of the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) in 2011 (special mention from the Association of Argentine Film Writers). The film was also shown in various festivals, including SANFIC 2011, Festival Internacional de Villa de Leyva (Colombia), London Film Festival, Viennale and the Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Roma, among other.

Tres Juntos / Three Together (2006)
- Short film, part of Historias Breves 5, contest organised by the Argentine National

Film Institute (INCAA). Released commercially in Argentina in 2008.

PRODUCER

La Edad Media / The Middle Ages (Alejo Moguillansky, Luciana Acuña, 2022)

Clementina (Agustín Mendilaharzu, Constanza Feldman, 2022)

La noche submarina / The Submarine Night (Diego H. Flores, Alejo Moguillansky, Fermín Villanueva, 2020)

Por el dinero / For the money (Alejo Moguillansky, 2019) La Flor (Mariano Llinás, 2018)

El Escarabajo de Oro / The Golden Bug (Alejo Moguillansky / Fia-Stina Sandlund, 2014)

El Loro y el Cisne / The Parrot and the Swan (Alejo Moguillansky, 2013)

Ostende (Laura Citarella, 2011)

Castro (Alejo Moguillansky, 2009)

Historias Extraordinarias / Extraordinary Stories (Mariano Llinás, 2008)

“about real people being excited about ideas, rather than about the ideas themselves.”

"A singular jewel, an otherworldly artefact you’d expect to find in a text by Jorge Luis Borges."

"a hot-ticket or event film for those with adventurous tastes"