The New Girl

The New Girl

2021 · 78 min · ES · 6.0 (35 votes)
Dir. Micaela Gonzalo · Starring Mora Arenillas, Rafael Federman, Jimena Anganuzzi, Luciano Cazaux, Laila Maltz, Marta Salinas
Drama

Jimena travels to Río Grande, on the island of Tierra del Fuego in southernmost Argentina, to join her half-brother Mariano. She has almost no money to travel but manages to arrive there hoping to have a better life in that manufacturing region. The wind, the cold and the complex economic crisis form the background against in which Jimena will develop empathy for the people around her and a feeling of belonging there, but also a place where she will learn to know herself better.

VIBE

A quiet, windswept journey of finding oneself in a stark, beautiful landscape. It's a film about the slow bloom of connection and belonging amidst economic struggle, feeling both lonely and deeply human.

melancholiccontemplativehopefulwistfulslow-burnarthousecharacter-drivennaturalisticbelongingself-discoveryempathyeconomic hardship