It is the most talked about Argentine independent film on the festival circuit. And with reasons that go beyond its duration (almost 5 hours, divided into two parts, with an intermission). AND Lauquen trainby Laura Citarella, with Laura Mura (member of the Piel de Lava group, and seen in Argentina, 1985) and there are few shows left in the Sala Lugones of the Teatro San Martín.
Intriguing at all times, so much so that it is better not to reveal even a little of its plot, Citarella sets up the scaffolding on which she climbs Lauquen train by a plot full of subplots and characters, who enter, interact (or not) with the protagonist and disappear.
It is perhaps a film about the intrinsic need to get to know each other, not to take anything for granted, to bet. To be played
It is, yes, a film in which the stories fascinate, are told in minute detail and herein lies one of its main attractions.
It took the director five years to make it Lauquen trainwhich has as its first film the same leading actress, Laura Paredes, Ostend (2011).
Citarella, partner of the independent production company El Pampero Cine, which produced extraordinary stories AND The flowerco-directed between Ostend AND Lauquen train The Dog Woman (2015) with its protagonist, Verónica Llinás, and here he shared the writing of the screenplay with Laura Paredes, from Grupo Piel de lava. And yes, Laura is Laura in fiction.
Laura is about to major in biology and is about to move in with her boyfriend (Rafael Spregelburd) when she literally disappears from the map. She disappears from Trenque Lauquen. Both her boyfriend and Chicho (Ezequiel Pierri), her occasional lover, follow her trail with mixed success.
suspense and more suspense
The film offers more suspense than you can imagine, jumping back and forth in time. Laura, who is completing a work on flowers and plants for the Municipality of Trenque Lauquen, is involved in a personal investigation, based on some love letters, a correspondence between lovers, which she finds hidden in library books. Chicho is the one who, in the beginning, helps her.
There is, of course, a reason for its absence. Enigmatic, the only thing left is a ticket. “Bye bye. I’m leaving, I’m leaving”, on the windshield of a borrowed car.
The almost observational gaze, at times, and the suspense, two motor characteristics of OstendI’m here again. But Laura stops watching to fully immerse herself in the story. Participate in and, if possible, edit, influence the story.
Both in the first and in the second part Lauquen train it does not free the viewer. Citarella and Paredes outline the female characters – they are the protagonists of the director’s films – as well as the male ones, for whom every silence is an expression. Elisa Carricajo, also from Piel de Lava, plays a key role in the film, accompanied by Verónica Llinás.
The already mentioned almost five hours of duration, hinder the commercial release of Lauquen trainnot so in arthouse cinemas, and in several presentations at international film festivals.
Lauquen train It had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last September, where it was in competition in the Horizons section, and then went through none other than the prestigious New York Film Festival, San Sebastián and Mar del Plata, among others.
After being screened on Saturdays in February at the Malba – where it will continue in March, again at 8.00pm – and in performances at the Sala Lugones, the film will be screened this Sunday and next, March 5, at 6.00pm :00, in the Sala Leopoldo Lugones of the Teatro San Martín. The services have an interval of 30 minutes, between the first and second part.
Source: Clarin
