Manque La Banca

There is a monster in Lake Nahuel Huapi. At twilight, it spreads across the surface of the water like a taut cowhide, grabbing its victims with sharp claws. Another monster also lurks around the lake, near Bariloche, in the Argentine Andes.

Looking for a project that will bring them closer together, father and son incubate eggs as if trying to incubate a bond. Enzo oscillates between childhood and early adolescence, while Sebastián struggles with his own life and his difficulty in being a father.

Collective film made from digitalized footage from the collection of Argentinian nitrate films of the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken, made on the occasion of its anniversary.

A mystical place, an enchanted story: A group of knights, imported directly from the Middle Ages, go ashore on the banks of the Río de la Plata. They are searching for a grave where they wish to perform a ritual. As they pass through the jungle, things happen that cause them to land in the present day. They have sex, find a car, enjoy a sunset with beers in their hands. Then an announcement comes over the radio that makes everything appear in a different light, and there’s no going back.

This comedy of errors revolves around a hapless 30-year-old named Arturo. His penchant for indiscretions is as impossible to overlook as the finesse with which the film glides from March 2020 to the preceding decade and back again.