The Currents

At the height of her career, Lina, a 34-year-old Argentine stylist, is driven by a sudden impulse after an award ceremony in Switzerland. Back in Buenos Aires, she says nothing, but something in her has shifted – quiet and invisible, it subtly unravels a past she thought she had left behind.

Duration: 104’
Production year: 2025
Country: CH, AR
Language: ES Subtitles: PT, EN

San Sebastian Film Festival – Official Selection

Milagros Mumenthaler

Milagros Mumenthaler was born in Argentina in 1977. She left the country very early and moved to Switzerland, where she grew up, later returning and graduating in film at the Universidad del cine de Buenos Aires. Between 2000 and 2006, she wrote and directed four short films, selected and awarded at various festivals. In 2011, she premiered Back To Stay, his first feature film, which won the Golden Leopard, FIPRESCI Prize and Leopard for Best Actress (María Canale) at the Locarno Film Festival. Her second film, La idea de un lago (2016), was presented in competition at the Locarno, Rotterdam and San Sebastián film festivals, where this year she returned to the official competition with the feature film The Currents, now also in the competitive section of LEFFEST.

Original title: Las Corrientes

Milagros Mumenthaler

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