The 2001 economic and social meltdown in Argentina has been extensively depicted in local cinema. Like an atmospheric, dark version of John Carpenter’s Carrie set in the Buenos Aires suburbs, Casabé’s film, which premiered in the Sundance film festival last year, refracts adolescent desire through the lens of Argentina’s broken-down society. The script by Benjamin Naishtat (Rojo, Puán) quickly interweaves Natalia’s dark teenage drama with a violent episode that happens right in front of her home. And in Enriquez’s world that includes, of course, summoning dark, otherworldly powers. In the crossroads of Casabé’s and Enriquez’s universes, it is ultimately that unseen malevolent power — and not love — that can tear you apart.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald January 13, 2026 22:36 UTC