High Tide

Panorama

Somber and scathing critique of social hierarchy

VARIETY
  • Archive - Festival 36
  • Director: Verónica Chen
  • Argentina 2020
  • 106 minutes
  • Spanish
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

Laura has lost control. After she sleeps with Weisman, the lead contractor building a barbecue shed in the backyard of her beach house, the other two workers on the job cross a boundary. The sheltered and privileged Laura feels that her space has been invaded, especially as Weisman himself has disappeared.

Verónica Chen's unsettling drama raises questions of power, privilege and female sexuality. Gloria Carrá is excellent as Laura, igniting the character with a quiet ferocity that undermines her serene life.

Filmography: Rosita (2018), Rabbit Woman (2013), Agua (2006), Smokers Only (2001).

 

Video talk with the director


  • Director Verónica Chen
  • Production Esteban Mentasti, Hori Mentasti
  • Script Verónica Chen
  • Cinematography Fernando Lockett
  • Editing Leandro Aste
  • Music Juan Sorrentino
  • Festivals Sundance, Miami
  • Actors Gloria Carrá, Jorge Sesán, Cristian Salguero, Héctor Bordoni, Mariana Chaud
  • Source Vega Cine, Buenos Aires

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