Underplayed Gems

The Camera Obscura (2008)

The Camera Obscura poster
Original title
La cámara oscura
Directed by
María Victoria Menis
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman lives a secluded life in rural Argentina in the late 19th century. Her routine is changed when a traveling photographer arrives and offers to take her picture.

slow-burnmelancholicintimatepensivevisually subduedintrospectivequietsomber

What happens

La cámara oscura es una película argentina-francesa de drama de 2008 dirigida por María Victoria Menis y protagonizada por Mirta Bogdasarián, Fernando Arman, Patrick Dell'Isola y Carlos Defeo. Fue escrita por Menis en colaboración con Alejandro Fernández Murray, y está basada en el cuento homónimo de Angélica Gorodischer. Se estrenó el 16 de octubre de 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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