La ciénaga

This cinematic marvel by Lucrecia Martel chronicles the disintegration of a wealthy family: red wine binges, murky swimming pools, spectral grandmothers, girl crushes and mad dogs. An ominous, sweltering debut that creeps deep under the skin. A libidinous family in a small Argentinian provincial town provide Martel with the perfect setting for a steamy film about class differences, nature, sexuality, political unrest and social stagnation. Lucretia Martel’s scintillating debut La ciénaga ('The Swamp') is about the decline of a prosperous family who gather at their neglected plantation over one hot summer. Mecha, the matriarch, her four children and her spineless husband spend their time drinking cheap red wine around a filthy swimmin