The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

2025

★★★★½ Liked

My second pick of Sundance CDMX, the sole Latin American film of the World Cinema Dramatic Section.

I want to read the work of the Argentinian writer Mariana Enríquez, one of the new voices of the Latin American horror. This film is an adaptation of two of her short stories, so I think that this was a good starting point.

A dark coming of age that includes some sorcery and fantastic elements, as well as topics like the Argentinian 2001 recession. It has some elements that the fans of the films of Julia Ducornau would love.

Maybe one of its flaws was that there were some loose arcs, including the integration of the homeless' trolley. However, after all, it has a feeling of lack of hope, but the end was curious.

Now see you in FICUNAM.

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