Milagros Mumenthaler on Ambiguity and Her Award-Winning Film 'Las corrientes'
Argentine filmmaker Milagros Mumenthaler discusses her latest film 'Las corrientes', which won the Premio RTVE Otra Mirada at the San Sebastián Festival, Best Film at the Uruguay International Film Festival, and Best Director at FICCI Cartagena. The film follows Lina, a woman who jumps into the Rhône River in Geneva, a city where Mumenthaler's family lived in exile during Argentina's dictatorship. Inspired by Siri Hustvedt's 'The Shaking Woman' and Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs Dalloway', the film explores ambiguity, memory, and displacement. Mumenthaler cast Isabel Aimé González Sola, an Argentine actress based in France, for the lead role. The film features a key scene at Buenos Aires' Palacio Barolo. Mumenthaler's earlier works include 'Abrir puertas y ventanas' (2011), which won five awards including Best Film at Locarno, and 'La idea del lago' (2017) about Argentina's disappeared. She was selected for Cannes' Cinéfondation residency in 2007.
Key facts
- Milagros Mumenthaler's film 'Las corrientes' won Premio RTVE Otra Mirada at San Sebastián Festival.
- The film also won Best Film at Uruguay International Film Festival and Best Director at FICCI Cartagena.
- The protagonist jumps into the Rhône River in Geneva, a city where Mumenthaler's family lived in exile.
- The film was inspired by Siri Hustvedt's 'The Shaking Woman' and Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs Dalloway'.
- Isabel Aimé González Sola plays the lead role Lina.
- A key scene takes place at Buenos Aires' Palacio Barolo.
- Mumenthaler's first feature 'Abrir puertas y ventanas' (2011) won Best Film at Locarno.
- Her second feature 'La idea del lago' (2017) addresses Argentina's disappeared during the dictatorship.
- In 2007, she was selected for Cinéfondation residency at Cannes.
- Her short film 'Amancay' was selected at Locarno in 2007.
Entities
Artists
- Milagros Mumenthaler
- Isabel Aimé González Sola
- Lucrecia Martel
- Jaime Rosales
- László Nemes
- Laurent Cantet
- Siri Hustvedt
- Virginia Woolf
- Esteban Bigliardi
- Claudia Sánchez
- Ernestina Gatti
- Jazmín Carballo
- Sara Bessio
- Gabriel Sandru
- Carlos Ibáñez
- Federico Esquerro
- Denis Séchauduna
- Gion-Reto Kilias
- Eugenia Mumenthaler
- David Epiney
- violeta Bava
- Rosa Martínez Rivero
Institutions
- BAFICI
- Cinéfondation
- Festival de Cannes
- Festival de Locarno
- Festival de San Sebastián
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Uruguay
- FICCI de Cartagena de Indias
- RTVE
- Ecole Supérieure d’Art Dramatique du Théâtre National de Estrasburgo
- FICCI
- École supérieure d'art dramatique du Théâtre national de Strasbourg
- FICCI Cartagena de Indias
- Alina Film
- Ruda Cine
- Swiss Films
- FICCI (Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias)
- International Film Festival of Uruguay
- Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI)
- Locarno Film Festival
Locations
- Geneva
- Switzerland
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Cartagena de Indias
- Colombia
- Uruguay
- San Sebastián
- Spain
- Locarno
- Cannes
- France
- Mendoza
- Estrasburgo
- Palacio Barolo
- Strasbourg
- Córdoba
- Ginebra