Double Feature: CARANCHO & Los Angeles Premiere! PUZZLE November 20, 2010

Double Feature: CARANCHO, 2010, Strand Releasing, 107 min. Dir. Pablo Trapero. Sosa (Ricardo Darín), a lawyer with a suspended license, offers his legal services to accident victims under the table. While searching for his next client, he meets and quickly falls in love with Luján (Martina Gusmán), a troubled ER doctor. Fans of David Cronenberg’s CRASH will marvel at the film’s dark, sexy yet dingy worldview, in what The Hollywood Reporter describes as a “tough-as-nails accident thriller.” Official selection of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. [35mm]
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Los Angeles Premiere! PUZZLE (ROMPECABEZAS,), 2010, IFC Films, 87 min. Dir. Natalia Smirnoff. After receiving a jigsaw puzzle as a birthday present, middle-aged housewife María del Carmen (María Onetto) realizes that she has a knack for solving them and soon develops a passion that helps her assert her independence and slowly change the dynamics of her family. This directorial debut had a successful world premiere in competition at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival. [35mm]
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