Sunday, October 19, 5:00 PM
Cinema 21

SUDDENLY is the feature debut for 26-year-old Diego Lerman. Already winning awards and recognition internationally, SUDDENLY, is an enchanting and mesmerizing cinema experience that is even more powerful for its black and white cinematography. Lerman creates enchantingly leftfield characters that have attracted apt comparisons with Jim Jarmusch’s early work. Punk girl-hoods Mao (Carla Crespo) and Lenin (Veronica Hassan) are restless and bored when they spot full figured lingerie salesgirl Marcia (Tatiana Saphir) on the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mao decides that she wants to sleep with this straight girl, and along with Lenin, decide to “kidnap” her. Stealing a taxi, and taking the not-resisting-all-that-much victim on a road trip through the Argentine wilderness, the dyke duo sees their relationships shift as they call in on Lenin’s aged aunt (who happens to be one of the most divine characters in recent cinema). This film is like taking an emotional roller-coaster ride, where one moment you are taken aback and horrified, and the next you are laughing at how ridiculous Mao and Lenin’s shared tough girl stance is. Finally, the vulnerability and tenderness that lie just below the surface touches us. SUDDENLY will steal your heart.

Dir. Diego Lerman
2002 Argentina 94 min 35mm Spanish with English subtitles