The movie
Trenque Lauquen: Parte II
One film, in two parts, totaling four hours. No distributor in the Netherlands dared to release it, despite widespread critical acclaim. The prestigious French magazine Cahiers du Cinéma named it the best film of the year.
Length: 133 min
Country: Argentinië
Language spoken: Spaans
Language subtitles: Nederlands
Cast: Laura Paredes, Ezequiel Pierri, Rafael Spregelburd, Cecilia Rainero, Juliana Muras, Elisa Carricajo, Verónica Llinás
Director: Laura Citarella
Release date: 14/10/2025
Description
One film, in two parts, totaling four hours. No distributor in the Netherlands dared to release it, despite widespread critical acclaim. The prestigious French magazine Cahiers du Cinéma named it the best film of the year, and Volkskrant journalist Kevin Toma called it one of the best films he had ever seen.
In the Argentine town of Trenque Lauquen, Laura suddenly disappears without explanation. As her boyfriend and a colleague search for her, they uncover secrets she left behind: a hidden romantic correspondence, cryptic botanical clues, and traces of stories intertwined with her own. Told in twelve chapters spread across two parts, the film unfolds slowly. Trenque Lauquen moves fluidly between genres—part detective story, part road movie, part feminist reflection on autonomy and desire. The viewer is challenged to unravel Laura’s motives, while the film explores questions of identity, knowledge, and the way stories are told.
Kevin Toma wrote: “The wondrous, deeply human, intimate and beautifully mysterious Trenque Lauquen is a slow cinema blend of Jacques Rivette and David Lynch, with shades of Hitchcock’s Psycho and Otto Preminger’s Laura—but without the violence. And above all: completely singular and unique. I’m stunned by the wealth of treasures this gorgeously shot film has to offer. Trenque Lauquen is in my top 10 of all-time greatest films.”
In the Argentine town of Trenque Lauquen, Laura suddenly disappears without explanation. As her boyfriend and a colleague search for her, they uncover secrets she left behind: a hidden romantic correspondence, cryptic botanical clues, and traces of stories intertwined with her own. Told in twelve chapters spread across two parts, the film unfolds slowly. Trenque Lauquen moves fluidly between genres—part detective story, part road movie, part feminist reflection on autonomy and desire. The viewer is challenged to unravel Laura’s motives, while the film explores questions of identity, knowledge, and the way stories are told.
Kevin Toma wrote: “The wondrous, deeply human, intimate and beautifully mysterious Trenque Lauquen is a slow cinema blend of Jacques Rivette and David Lynch, with shades of Hitchcock’s Psycho and Otto Preminger’s Laura—but without the violence. And above all: completely singular and unique. I’m stunned by the wealth of treasures this gorgeously shot film has to offer. Trenque Lauquen is in my top 10 of all-time greatest films.”
