Agua

  

This is one of the most physical films Argentine cinema has put out in all its history. That quality is an aesthetic option that Chen and her crew worked on to perfection and one which is justified, as its protagonists are two men related to swimming. Deploying an inexhaustible imagery, at times soaring into abstraction, Chen gives significance to her theme by showing bodies as mechanical masses programmed to repeat movements precisely. Both in the swimming pool and the river, the camera move [...]

Duration

89 min

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