A FAMILY SUBMERGED 2018 WATCH ONLINE MOVIE

A Family Submerged takes us on an exhilarating odyssey through the inner world of its protagonist, viewed from another level of perception.Ī Family Submerged was produced by Pandora Filmproduktion, 4 1/2 Film AS, Pasto and Bubbles Project.

A FAMILY SUBMERGED 2018 WATCH ONLINE MOVIE

Just like Martel’s The Headless Woman, María Alche’s film is a sprawling dream of a movie about Marcela’s shock, while the sounds function as a kind of alarm clock that release us from this state, reminding us that we were only sleeping. The ear-piercing noises emitted by the domestic appliances and other household items (for example, the doorbell or the telephone) are the only outside influences that help her to snap out of this hallucinogenic trance. The filmmaker externalises the protagonist’s visions so that the viewer will also lose the ability to distinguish between reality and delusion. There is a certain resemblance to the surrealism of Martel’s Zama in the way María Alché portrays this state of mental limbo in which the past coexists with the present. The void in the main character’s daily life is filled with apparitions, the ghosts of other departed family members, as well as visual and aural hallucinations based on conversations and situations she shared with the deceased at some point in the past. Marcela’s mind increasingly loses its grip on any sense of reality and coherence after Rina’s passing. However, her husband’s absence on account of his work, and that of their three teenage children, who come and go seemingly unnoticed by the head of the family, slow her down as she strives to overcome the grief caused by recent events.

Marcela (played by Mercedes Morán, Alché’s fellow cast member from The Holy Child) continues in her role as the head of the matriarchy in her claustrophobic flat, despite the recent death of her sister Rina. A Family Submerged unfolds during a sweltering summer in Buenos Aires.

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