Ciénaga, La (2001)

Director:

Lucrecia Martel

Writer:

Lucrecia Martel (writer)

Release Date:

12 April 2001 (Argentina)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Argentina | Alcoholic Mother | Alcoholism | Child Driving Car | Child With Gun

Awards:

12 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Mercedes Morán	...	Tali
Graciela Borges	...	Mecha
Martín Adjemián	...	Gregorio
Leonora Balcarce	...	Verónica
Silvia Baylé	...	Mercedes
Sofia Bertolotto	...	Momi
Juan Cruz Bordeu	...	José
Noelia Bravo Herrera	...	Agustina
Maria Micol Ellero	...	Mariana
Andrea López	...	Isabel
Sebastián Montagna	...	Luciano
Daniel Valenzuela	...	Rafael
Franco Veneranda	...	Martín
Fabio Villafane	...	Perro
Diego Baenas	...	Joaquín

Directed by
Lucrecia Martel

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lucrecia Martel		writer

Produced by
Ana Aizenberg	....	executive producer
Diego Guebel	....	executive producer
José María Morales	....	co-producer
Marta Parga	....	line producer
Mario Pergolini	....	executive producer
Lita Stantic	....	producer

Cinematography by
Hugo Colace

Film Editing by
Santiago Ricci

Casting by
Florencia Blanco
Martín Mainoli
Luciana Rico
Natalia Smirnoff

Production Design by
Graciela Oderigo

Art Direction by
Graciela Oderigo

Set Decoration by
Cristina Nigro

Makeup Department
Marisa Menta	....	makeup artist
Sebastián Molchasky	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Marta Parga	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fernando Alcalde	....	assistant director
Natalia Smirnoff	....	assistant director
Fabiana Tiscornia	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Guido Berenblum	....	sound
Emmanuel Croset	....	sound mixer
Adrián De Michele	....	sound (as Adrian de Michelle)
Hervé Guyader	....	sound
Milena Poylo	....	sound post-production producer
Victor Alejandro Tendler	....	sound assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Rubén Santeiro	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Hugo Colace	....	camera operator
Diego Worel	....	assistant camera

Other crew
Silvana Di Francesco	....	location manager
Matías Mosteirín	....	executive production assistant

Thanks
Daniel Burman	....	thanks

Production Companies

• 4k Films
• Wanda Visión S.A.
• Code Red
• Cuatro Cabezas
• TS Productions

Distributors

• Ad Vitam Distribution (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• Atalanta Filmes (2003) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Cowboy Booking International (2001) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Homescreen (200?) (Netherlands) (video)
• ICA Projects (2001) (UK) (theatrical)
• Look Now! (2001-2002) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Líder Films (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2001) (Argentina) (VHS)
• VideoFilmes (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Wanda Visión S.A. (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

The Swamp (International: English title) (USA)
Ciénaga, La (France)
Ciénaga, de Lucrecia Martel, La (Spain)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Argentina | France | Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo | DTS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:R | Brazil:14

Filming Locations:

Salta, Argentina

Company:

4k Films

Quotes:

Mecha: ¡Qué porquería me resultaste, Gregorio!
Mecha: ¡Chinita carnavalera!

A wonderful portrait of a family decadence.

Lucrecia Martel is clearly a great promise for the movies industry. This movie is an extraordinary debut for this filmmaker that for sure Hollywood will try to seduce. It tells the story of an argentine family in economical (and especially spiritual) ruin and is so lucid and unforgiving in his analysis that sometimes it looks like a documentary. Also the cast is great and all the actors involved are simply stunning in their performances. All of you that love depth in a movie don't lose this one.