Zama

A screening of Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel’s ingenious adaptation of the existentialist novel Zama. Frenzied first-person narration transforms to become a cinematic fugue state in this singular and stupefying period drama, and Martel inserts her own incisive commentary on colonialism and masculinity.

An 18th-century Spanish magistrate is eternally languishing in anticipation for a transfer from the outpost to which he has been relegated. When his last hope of departure comes to naught, he joins an expedition to track down Vicuña Porto, a legendary outlaw who may or may not exist.