LAS CORRIENTES
A feature film by Milagros Mumenthaler, 2025, 104', DCP, color
with Isabel Aimé González Sola and Esteban Bigliardi
At the height of her career, Lina, a 34-year-old Argentine stylist, is seized by a sudden impulse following an awards ceremony in Switzerland. Back in Buenos Aires, she says nothing, but something in her has shifted – quiet and invisible, it subtly unravels a past she thought she had left behind.
FESTIVALS
Toronto International Film Festival TIFF - Platform Section
San Sebastian Film Festival - International competition
Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine
New-York film festival - Main Slate
Busan film festival, Korea
Chicago International film festival
DIRECTOR
Milagros Mumenthaler was born in Argentina in 1977. She left the country at an early age and grew up in Switzerland. She directed four short films, which were selected and awarded at numerous festivals.
In 2011, she directed Abrir puertas y ventanas, her first feature film, developed at the Cinéfondation Residency of the Cannes Film Festival. The film received, among other accolades, the Golden Leopard and the Leopard for Best Actress at the Locarno Film Festival, as well as the Astor de Oro at the Mar del Plata Film Festival.
Her second film, The Idea of a Lake (La idea de un lago), was presented in competition at festivals such as Locarno, Busan, San Sebastián, and Rotterdam.
PRODUCTION
Production: Alina film (Switzerland) Ruda cine (Argentina), in coproduction with RTS
Producers: Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney, Violeta Bava, Rosa Martinez Rivero.
With the support of the Federal Office of Culture, Cinéforom, Loterie Romande, Suissimage, Bourse pour stagaire Fonction:cinéma, Focal, INCAA (Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales, Argentine), MEDIA Desk Suisse, Bs As Mecenazgo
Selected for the 2022 Berlinale Co-Production Market
DISTRIBUTION
International Sales: Luxbox
Distribution Switzerland: Cineworx
Distribution France: Dulac Distribution
Distribution Spain: Atalante
CREW
Script: Milagros Mumenthaler
Script consultants: Inés Bortagaray, Răzvan Rădulescu
Direction: Milagros Mumenthaler
DOP: Gabriel Sandru
Sound: Carlos Ibañez
Sound editing: Federico Esquerro
Sound mix: Denis Séchaud
Art direction: Aili Chen
Costumes: Simona Martinez
Make-up and Hair: Marina Aebi
Gaffer: Fafa Fierz
Key Grip: Sophie Poncin, José Cortés
Casting: Maria Laura Berch
Production managers: Inés Tavello, Laura Stucki, Kévin Chatelain
1st AD Ezequiel Pierri
Editing: Gion-Reto Killlias
Colorgrading: Rodney Musso
Finishing: Jean-Baptiste Perrin
