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Un movimiento extraño

An Odd Turn
Berlinale Shorts 2024
© 36 caballos
Buenos Aires, 2019. Lucrecia, who works as a museum security guard, foresees a sharp rise in the dollar’s value with her pendulum. When she suddenly loses her job, she receives an unexpected severance payment and falls in love with the employee of a currency exchange office.
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by Francisco Lezama
with Laila Maltz, Paco Gorriz, Sofía Palomino, Cecilia Rainero, Marcela Guerty, Guillermo Massé, Susana Pampín, Alejandro Russek, Jorge Prado, Eugenia Alonso Argentina 2024 Spanish 22’ World premiere

With

  • Laila Maltz (Lucrecia)
  • Paco Gorriz (Exchange House Guy)
  • Sofía Palomino (Security Guard 1)
  • Cecilia Rainero (Human Resources Woman 1)
  • Marcela Guerty (Human Resources Woman 2)
  • Guillermo Massé (Security Guard)
  • Susana Pampín (Client)
  • Alejandro Russek (Grindr Guy)
  • Jorge Prado (Security Guard)
  • Eugenia Alonso (Client)

Crew

Director Francisco Lezama
Screenplay Francisco Lezama
Cinematography Federico Lastra
Editing Franco Figueroa
Sound Design Nahuel Palenque
Sound Gabriel Real, Javier Jensen
Production Design Alix Cobelo
Costumes Paloma De La Jara
Producers Iván Moscovich, Juan Segundo Alamos, Francisco Lezama
Co-Producers Jerónimo Quevedo, Victoria Marotta, Adrien Cothier
Co-Production Un Puma Buenos Aires
Dark Matter Pictures Paris

World sales

36 Caballos

Produced by

36 Caballos

Photos

Francisco Lezama

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1987, he studied film directing and acting. He teaches film history at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires and has worked at the Museo del Cine film archive since 2012. His short films have screened at Locarno, the New York Film Festival, the AFI, the Viennale and many other festivals.

Filmography (short films, selection)

2015 La novia de Frankenstein (Frankenstein’s Bride); co-director: Agostina Gálvez 2016 Dear Renzo; co-director: Agostina Gálvez 2024 Un movimiento extraño (An Odd Turn)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024