Overview
- Argentine cinemas added four new releases Thursday, April 16, including Risa y la cabina del viento, La posesión de la Momia, David, and Memoria de una Madre.
- Juan Cabral’s Risa y la cabina del viento, shot in Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, centers on a 10-year-old who discovers a disconnected phone that connects her to lost loved ones.
- The film arrives after winning best film and best director at the 40th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, with singer Cazzu making a noted acting debut.
- The week’s horror entry from the U.S., La posesión de la Momia by Lee Cronin, stars Jack Reynor and Laia Costa in a tale of a child who vanishes and reappears eight years later.
- Also opening are David, a family animated musical about the biblical David that has earned about $90 million internationally, and Memoria de una Madre, a local psychological horror from Mauro Iván Ojeda.