A wife tries to leave her village to get away from her abusive husband. –IMDb
Lucrecia Martel was born in Salta, northern Argentina, in 1966. As a teenager she did a good deal of filming of her large family, but she never suspected she would end up studying filmmaking. In 1986 she moved to Buenos Aires to study communication. She made a few short films, among them Rey Muerto (Dead King) which received several international awards.
Between 1995- 1998 she directed documentaries for television and children’s programs with a dark sense of humor and which were widely acclaimed by the Argentine press. In 1999 she received the Sundance+-/ NHK Filmmakers Award for her script La Cienaga (The Swamp) about families in Northern Argentina. —Filmbug
Unique. Very, very unique. The frantic editing may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I liked the overall result. It reminded me of Bagdad Cafe, which may be merely a product of the 80s, 90s and MTV. I like the little twist. I wish I had come up with it. :D
