La Ciénaga
Lucrecia Martel's La Ciénaga is a veritable Chekhov tragicomedy about provincial life.
The picture is set in the high plains of north-western Argentina and portrays the life of a self-pitying Argentine bourgeois family. It is the story of a matriarch (Graciela Borges) who tries to keep her home and family together while her children deal with the vagaries of drinking, adultery, and other unpleasantries.
Certificate: 12
Dir Lucrecia Martel
Cast: Mercedes Morán, Graciela Borges, Martín Adjemián
Running time: 103 mins
Release date: October 2001 (UK)
Country: Argentina / France / Spain
Language: Spanish w/English Subtitles
Format available: 35mm
"La Ciénaga creates a vision of social malaise that feels paradoxically familiar and new." Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Silver Condor; Best Actress, Graciela Borges; Best Cinematography, Hugo Colace; Best First Film, Lucrecia Martel, Argentine Film Critics Association Awards 2002.
Alfred Bauer Prize for best debut film, Berlin Film Festival 2001
Best Actress, Graciela Borges; Best Director, Lucrecia Martel; Best Sound, Hervé Guyader, Emmanuel Croset, Guido Berenblum, Adrián De Michele; Grand Coral - First Prize, Lucrecia Martel; Havana Film Festival 2001.
French Critics' Discovery Award, Lucrecia Martel; Grand Prix, Lucrecia Martel; Toulouse Latin, America Film Festival 2001.
First Work Award - Special Mention, Lucrecia Martel, Uruguay International Film Festival 2001.
UFCA Award Best Latin American Film, Uruguayan Film Critics Association 2001.