LA RABIA Showcase Argentina

The farmers of Argentina’s endless pampas are as rough and bristly as the arid landscape that is their home. Circumstances force them to share and help one another.,But sometimes emotions can erupt like a summer storm. When strong, silent Poldo feels that his more exuberant fellow former Pichon has insulted little Nati, his mute daughter, Poldo breaks off all contact with him. Poldo also forbids his wife to see Pichon, not suspecting that they are carrying on a passionate relationship behind his back. Nati knows what is going on, and so does Pichon’s son, Nati’s only friend. Things come to a head when Poldo finds drawings made by his daughter that depict what she has seen, but which he misunderstands for something much worse. Albertina Carri, one of the leading lights of Argentina’s remarkable cinematic renaissance, returns with this stork, evocative and potent tragedy, a nearly wordless passion play that employs gorgeously dark cinematography and inventive animation . Told through the perspectives of the children, it takes on a harrowing aspect. Vivid, unforgettable and masterfully constructed, LA RABIA provides more evidence that the miraculous Argentine film scene is continuing to grow and thrive.