OSTENDE
dir. Laura Citarella, 2011
85 mins. Argentina.
In Spanish with English subtitles.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 – 3PM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20 – 5 PM followed by remote Q+A with filmmaker Laura Citrella
(This event is $10.)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27 – 5PM

Co-presented with Cinema Tropical.

Thanks to a radio contest, a girl wins four vacation days in a huge hotel in Ostende, in the Buenos Aires province. It’s the low season, and she gets to the place alone. Her boyfriend will join her a few days later. On the beach there’s plenty of sun but also too much wind; and a not very sophisticated bar with a waiter that talks too much. In this place with no obligations or big attractions apart from a windy beach nearby and the not-so-tempting ocean, the girl starts to pay attention – maybe too much, maybe not enough – to the strange behavior of an old man who’s accompanied by two young women. Flirting with both Hitchcock and Rohmer from a light, feminine perspective, Laura Citrella demonstrates the entrancing possibilities of storytelling in her first film.