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.
Trenque Lauquen Part 2 screens on Thu 21 Dec , 17:45.
Download the film programme notes written by Caitlin Quinlan here.
"compulsive and completely absorbing"
"pure pleasure"
"this epic mystery is a remarkable achievement"
"You might well find yourself hoping there’ll be a Part Three, so captivating has the story-telling become"
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