“Martel’s elliptical, dreamlike style makes ordinary life uncanny.” - The Guardian
“A subtly subversive masterpiece of psychological suspense.” - Variety
Tuesday, September 16, 6:00 p.m. & Sunday, September 21, 12:00 p.m. | After a mysterious accident on a dirt road, Verónica, a bourgeois Argentine woman, enters a silent inner spiral, grappling with guilt, complicity, withdrawal, oblivion, moral ambiguity, and isolation. Disappearance and erasure are not only part of her personal dilemma, but also echo the political backdrop of class division and the silencing and removal of dissidents, a lingering legacy of Argentina’s Dirty War.
Awards & Nominations
Nominee - Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
Winner - Best Director Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina
Winner - Critics Award, Lima Latin American Film Festival
Interiority on Screen Lecture Series | Fall 2025
This series focuses on cinematic works that depict the subjectivities and mental states of their characters in unconventional, intimate, and poetic manners. Tuesday film screenings will be accompanied by lectures, where these films will be discussed not only from the standpoint of critical spectatorship but also from a filmmaker’s point of view. Select titles offered with Sunday encores. Tickets for Sunday encores are regular price and do not include the lecture. Presented in collaboration with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Art History, Theory, and Criticism department. Lecturer: Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, Assistant Professor of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu