Zama
Lucrecia Martel / AR, ES, FR, NL, 2017 / 115 min.
Don Diego de Zama hopes to be relocated to Buenos Aires. But the emissary of the Spanish crown in the South-American colony Asunción appears to have been totally forgotten. Zama gradually loses his grip on reality in the infernal heat of the jungle.
Together, the Programmers of Future selected the film which weaves together their three themes: Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017). The film brilliantly examines the intricate tapestry connecting patriarchy, colonial conquest, and the myth of grandiosity. Through a cinematic exploration of power dynamics, Martel unveils the illusionary allure of colonial expansion, exposing how patriarchy fuels and perpetuates the myth of grandeur while dehumanizing both conquerors and the conquered.
Programmers of Future
This summer, three Programmers of the Future present their first film programmes in Eye. They are part of the first cohort of a traineeship for future film programmers, set up by Eye in 2022.
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Director
Lucrecia Martel
Production year
2017
Country
AR, ES, FR, NL
Original title
Zama
Length
115 min.
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Programmers of the Future 2023
This summer, three Programmers of the Future present their first film programmes in Eye Filmmuseum. Programmers Janilda Bartolomeu, Korée Wilrycx and Kseniia Bespalova are among the very first to take part in Eye’s talent development programme for future film programmers, set up in 2022. The programme will feature cinema from the African diaspora that counters the notion of a singular reality, female artists on masculinity and alternative visual geographies of the former Soviet Union.
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