# La Ciénaga (2001)

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**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Lucrecia Martel
**Written by**: Lucrecia Martel
**Starring**: Mercedes Morán, Graciela Borges, Martín Adjemián, Leonora Balcarce, Silvia Baylé, Sofia Bertolotto

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The sticky decay of a northern Argentine summer meets Scorsese’s Family Romance as two clans implode under leaky ceilings and unspoken rage. Domestic sludge becomes sociological x-ray long before anyone explodes. The help and the kids shoulder the whole chaotic comedy.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, dread, outsider, slow-burn

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