Trenque Lauquen USED

The search for a missing woman unspools in two unexpectedly interconnected parts in Laura Citarella’s playful new feature. The missing woman is Laura (Laura Paredes), a biologist cataloging plant species in and around the Argentinian city of Trenque Lauquen. The men searching for her: Rafael, her boyfriend, and Ezequiel, a coworker who has come to mean more to her in recent days. But in order to uncover the truth of Laura’s disappearance, a profusion of mysteries must be explored. There’s the question of love letters hidden in books in the local library, the discovery of a new species of flower, and then there’s the mysterious being, rumored to be haunting the lake at the center of town.

From El Pampero Cine, the collective behind La Flor, comes a labyrinthine tale of obsessive pursuit and the quest for personal freedom.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

DISC ONE:

The Poets Visit Juana Bignozzi, a film by Laura Citarella, Mercedes Halfon (2019, 90 mins)

DISC TWO:

Eiko Ishibashi x Laura Citarella (2023, 11 min), a short film commissioned by Film Fest Gent as part of their 2x25 project

Q&A with Laura Citarella from the New York Film Festival

PLUS: An essay by Marcos Uzal, editor in chief, Cahiers du Cinéma