Reviews for La Ciénaga

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6.8 / 10 1h 43min

Drama

The life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina.

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Review by SparklingSnail

If Martel's mission was to leave me stuck in the bog with the family's misery for an hour and a half she succeded.

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All Reaction moments

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Review by user529wa08lbz8

A very good and important film because its portrayal of family dysfunction is uncannily symbolic of the malaise affecting Argentine society today.

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Review by user762kityoib3

a very fine stepping stone from a robust film-maker making a good fist of counterpoising the inexplicable with the pedestrian

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Review by AquaStar

Stunning Argentinean filmatic debut or a self indulgent, meandering waste of energy?

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Review by user313pc7kc2fo

Worth watching until the last second.

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Review by RainbowRoadrunner

Not especially enjoyable, but undeniably affecting.

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Review by ShadowyScallop

Best movie from New Argentine Cinema

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Review by user483vix53x4j

Moody, Sensual, and Atmospheric

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Review by JungleJaguar

Don't boo a movie if just because of its local appeal you do not understand it

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Review by CrystalCaterpillar

Humid, broken, scarred and sullen

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Review by user128uakf6sqe

A Film With Guts, Or Indiscreet Repulsion Of The Bourgeoisie

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Review by user7748hotvi6d

Class contrasts in the provinces

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Review by user321cug7okvb

Profound portrait of a small-town upper-class family

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