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14 Ratings

Zama

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Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Argentina, 2017
Drama

Synopsis

Based on Argentine wriiter Antonio di Benedetto’s 1956 novel, the story is set in an unnamed Latin American country in 1790, and follows Don Diego de Zama, an official for the Spanish crown on his way to Buenos Aires.

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Zama Directed by Lucrecia Martel
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Awards & Festivals

Venice Film Festival

2017

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Articles from the Notebook

The Man With No Hands: Lucrecia Martel and "Zama"

An interview with the Argentinian director about her first film in nearly ten years, an adaptation of Antonio Di Benedetto's 1956 novel.
Darren Hughes and Daniel Kasman

TIFF 2017. Correspondences #11

Paul Schrader's "First Reformed," Lucrecia Martel's "Zama" and S. Craig Zahler's "Brawl in Cell Block 99" provide three superb TIFF shocks.
Fernando F. Croce
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