ZAMA

ZAMA, 2017

Argentina, Brazil |DCP, Color, 115' |Spanish

Director: Lucrecia Martel

Cast: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele

Lucrecia Martel’s first film in nine years, with Pedro Almodóvar and Gael García Bernal among its producers, Zama is a masterpiece. Adapted to the movie screens from Antonio di Benedetto’s novel with the same name, Zama portrays the story of Diego de Zama, a judge who has been stuck waiting for a promotion during the 18th century in Paraguay, one of Spain’s colonies at the time. Exasperated of waiting with unfulfilled promises, away from his family and unable to get justice, the protagonist Diego de Zama decides to take matters into his own hands. Filmed with the spectacular nature of South America as its background, Zama is also praiseworthy in terms of its impressive cinematography.