SummaryThe search for a missing woman unspools in two unexpectedly interconnected parts in Laura Citarella's playful new feature. The missing woman is Laura (Laura Paredes), a biologist cataloging plant species in and around the Argentinean city of Trenque Lauquen. The men searching for her: Rafael, her boyfriend, and Ezequiel, a coworker who has come t... Read More
Directed By:Laura Citarella
Written By:Laura Citarella, Laura Paredes
Trenque Lauquen Parte II
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
94
User score
Generally Favorable
7.6
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
94
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Dec 8, 2023
100
There are similarities with the mumblecore science fiction of Shane Carruth’s Upstream Colour and The Endless, but Trenque Lauquen daringly stakes out its own spooky terrain.
Dec 5, 2023
100
It’s compulsive and completely absorbing, and Laura’s dedication to this ad hoc investigation which may have no conclusion is echoed in a performance that empathetically redefines tired cinematic notions of obsessive behaviour.
Apr 21, 2023
100
The pleasure lies in the telling — the invention of fictions, the performance of emotions — rather than in the details of plot. Once you lose yourself in the thickets of “Trenque Lauquen,” you won’t want to be found.
Apr 21, 2023
88
Throughout the film, Laura Citarella emphasizes the liberating quality of following the rabbit hole as deep as it goes.
Apr 21, 2023
83
Long movies are not necessarily good or even ambitious; Trenque Lauquen is both. Notwithstanding a few minutes that could be shed here and there, everything from its sweet, intriguing Part I, the strategically placed and electrifying title sequence, and deliciously ominous Part II feel purposeful, organic.
Dec 11, 2023
80
Like the best film noir, with which this in undoubtedly in dialogue, Trenque Lauquen is a film about affect and textural cohesion moreso than logic and catharsis.
Apr 21, 2023
80
Lengthy it may be, but this is light-of-touch fare, provocative and satisfyingly enigmatic, and though it feels like a four-hour MacGuffin, it remains an accomplished, literary and self-referential exercise in narrative deferral.
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Jan 9, 2025
10
Like 'Twin Peaks,' 'Trenque Lauquen' takes you into a world almost identical to ours, but with certain oddities and inhabited by extremely unique characters. With a romantic mystery in the first part and a fantastic one in the second, the film demonstrates Laura Citarella's mastery in creating an intricate metanarrative universe where drama, intrigue, the surreal, and even the comic coexist. It's reminiscent in part of 'The Delinquents' and 'The Untamed.'
Production Company:
- El Pampero Cine
- Grandfilm
Release Date:Apr 21, 2023
Duration:2 h 13 m
Awards
International Cinephile Society Awards
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Mar del Plata Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards
• 3 Nominations
