
There’samonsterintheNahuelHuapiLake.Inthetwilight,itspreadsitselfoutacrossthesurfaceofthewaterlikeatautcowhide,graspingatitsvictimswithsharpclaws.Anothermonsteralsolurksinthesurroundingsofthelake,whichisclosetoBarilocheintheArgentineAndes.ItiscalledCapaNegra:theBlackCape.Ithauntstheskislopesbynightandshouldbeavoidedatallcosts.<br/> MonstersfromthelegendsoftheMapuchefindtheirwayintoManqueLaBanca’sfeature-lengthdebutEsquíviavarioustwistsandturns.Oncethere,theyinteractwiththefilm’sothercharacters:elderlyAustrianswhoclaimtohavebroughtthesportofskiingtoBariloche;skierswhoshootdownthemountaininscenesmadeallthemorebreathtakingthroughgeneroususeofslowmotionandrepeatedstopsandstarts;thelocalresidentsofapoorneighbourhood,whotakepartofthedirectionofthefilmintotheirownhands;andfinallythefilmmakerhimself,whopointshishairybuttocksatthecamera.Esquíissopreciousbecauseitmarksthepointwherehipsterdedicationtoformandthepoliticalconsciousnessofthewokegenerationstartabeautifulfriendship.