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2023 | Color | 92:00

Ada finds herself physically and mentally reconfigured after being struck by lightning during a storm in the countryside. In addition to her visible sequelae, she is disturbed by a series of strange symptoms beyond her control: visual and auditory hallucinations, electric shocks, and temporary confusions that ultimately distance her from her former life. She finds support in a group of other shocked people and in the doctor they blindly trust.


Country: Argentina
Direction: Puenzo; Lucía
Script: Puenzo; Lucía, Ventimiglia; Lorena
Production: Puenzo; Esteban, Puenzo; Lucía, P. Manzanedo; Paula, Johnson; Mark
Photography: Puenzo; Nicolás
Sound: Soldevila; Fernando
Music: Goldstein; Andrés, Tarrab; Daniel
Cast:Di Girolamo; Mariana, Palacios; Germán, Pfening; Guillermo, Nuñez; Osmar, Anghileri; Moro
Participation year at FICM: 2023

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