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Lucrecia Martel is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Argentine born on 14 december 1966 at Salta (Argentine)

Lucrecia Martel

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Nationality Argentine
Birth 14 december 1966 (57 years) at Salta (Argentine)

Lucrecia Martel (born December 14, 1966 in Salta, Argentina) is a film director, screenwriter, and producer.

According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes for Mabuse, a cinema magazine, Lucrecia Martel is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentina Cinema" which began c. 1998.

Biography

Martel studied at Avellaneda Experimental (AVEX) and then attended the National Experimentation Filmmaking School (ENERC) in Buenos Aires.

Yet, because one of the film schools she attended closed for lack of funds, she maintains she was self-taught. Martel said, "I watched movies, I read books, I wrote. I was a free mind, because I had to be."

She directed a number of short films between 1988 and 1994. The award winning short film Rey Muerto (Dead King) (1995) was part of Historias Breves I (Brief Tales I).

Her debut film La Ciénaga received several international awards, and was voted the greatest Latin American film of the decade in a poll of New York area film critics, programmers and industry professionals. The Holy Girl was selected for competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and ranked ninth in the same poll, while The Headless Woman was selected for competition at Cannes in 2008 and ranked eighth. Additionally, James Quandt of Artforum declared The Headless Woman as "one of the great films of the decade."

She was a member of the Cannes Film Festival Feature Films Jury in 2006.

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Filmography of Lucrecia Martel (4 films)

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Director

Zama
Zama (2017)
, 1h55
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Daniel Giménez Cacho, Matheus Nachtergaele, Lola Dueñas, Rafael Spregelburd, Juan Minujín
Rating66% 3.349663.349663.349663.349663.34966
Fin du XVIII siècle. Le corrégidor don Diego de Zama, isolé dans le Gran Chaco, espère une lettre du vice-roi du Río de la Plata signifiant sa mutation pour Buenos Aires. Souffrant de l'éloignement de sa famille, de l'ennui de son travail de fonctionnaire et du manque de reconnaissance de sa hiérarchie, il perd patience et se lance dans une entreprise désespérée.
The Headless Woman, 1h27
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors María Onetto, Inés Efron, María Vaner
Rating65% 3.2978753.2978753.2978753.2978753.297875
After hitting something with her, car (either a boy or a dog), middled-aged dentist Vero (María Onetto) experiences an enigmatic breakdown consisting of memory loss and emotional detachment.
The Holy Girl, 1h46
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Mercedes Morán, Mía Maestro, María Alché, Julieta Zylberberg, Mónica Villa
Rating66% 3.348753.348753.348753.348753.34875
The film takes place in the small town of La Ciénaga, at the Hotel Termas, a dilapidated Argentine hotel, during a medical conference. Two young teenage girls, Amalia (María Alché) and her best friend Josefina (Julieta Zylberberg), begin to explore their new sexuality and, at the same time, have Catholic religious passion. Amalia lives with her attractive divorced mother (Mercedes Morán), who owns the hotel, and her uncle Freddy (Alejandro Urdapilleta). During this time, in Amalia's mind, spiritual and sexual impulses are seeming to converge.
La Ciénaga, 1h43
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Graciela Borges, Mercedes Morán, Martín Adjemián, Andrea López
Rating70% 3.5471253.5471253.5471253.5471253.547125
The film tells the story of Mecha (Graciela Borges), a middle-aged woman in her 50s who has several teenagers. Her husband Gregorio (Martín Adjemián) wants to remain looking young, and both of them have to deal with their gloomy Amerindian servants, whom Mecha accuses of theft and laziness. Both Mecha and Gregorio take to drinking to cope with day-to-day living.

Scriptwriter

The Headless Woman, 1h27
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors María Onetto, Inés Efron, María Vaner
Rating65% 3.2978753.2978753.2978753.2978753.297875
After hitting something with her, car (either a boy or a dog), middled-aged dentist Vero (María Onetto) experiences an enigmatic breakdown consisting of memory loss and emotional detachment.
The Holy Girl, 1h46
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Mercedes Morán, Mía Maestro, María Alché, Julieta Zylberberg, Mónica Villa
Rating66% 3.348753.348753.348753.348753.34875
The film takes place in the small town of La Ciénaga, at the Hotel Termas, a dilapidated Argentine hotel, during a medical conference. Two young teenage girls, Amalia (María Alché) and her best friend Josefina (Julieta Zylberberg), begin to explore their new sexuality and, at the same time, have Catholic religious passion. Amalia lives with her attractive divorced mother (Mercedes Morán), who owns the hotel, and her uncle Freddy (Alejandro Urdapilleta). During this time, in Amalia's mind, spiritual and sexual impulses are seeming to converge.
La Ciénaga, 1h43
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Graciela Borges, Mercedes Morán, Martín Adjemián, Andrea López
Rating70% 3.5471253.5471253.5471253.5471253.547125
The film tells the story of Mecha (Graciela Borges), a middle-aged woman in her 50s who has several teenagers. Her husband Gregorio (Martín Adjemián) wants to remain looking young, and both of them have to deal with their gloomy Amerindian servants, whom Mecha accuses of theft and laziness. Both Mecha and Gregorio take to drinking to cope with day-to-day living.

Production

The Headless Woman, 1h27
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors María Onetto, Inés Efron, María Vaner
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.2978753.2978753.2978753.2978753.297875
After hitting something with her, car (either a boy or a dog), middled-aged dentist Vero (María Onetto) experiences an enigmatic breakdown consisting of memory loss and emotional detachment.