
ThreefarmersworkonafarminEntreRíos,asparselypopulatedlowlandregionofArgentinatraversedbyrivers.Theircropsareaffectedby‘blackfrost’whichthreatenstodestroytheirharvest.Oneday,ayoungwomanappearsattheirdoor;blithelyandself-assuredlyshebeginstoinfluencetheirfamiliarroutines.ThebewilderedfarmersyieldtoAlejandra’sinterventions:shedonsHeribertos’deadwife’sclothes,accompaniesBenignotoagreyhoundraceandwinsyoungLucas’friendship.Shortlyafterwards,thefrostdisappears.Beforelong,peoplebeyondthefarmandtheimmediateneighbourhoodcometothinkofAlejandraastheirgreathopeandshestartstobereveredlikeasaint.<br/> Impressivewideshotsofthevast,untouched,mythicallandscapereflectthesettlers’austereemotionalworldsandtheirtaciturnisolationincommunitiesbornofnecessity,devoidofdeeperbonds.Withnimblepoise,Alejandrastirsupthesoberauthorityofthewomenaswellasthemen’spatriarchalself-image.berlinale2016
