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The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

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The Virgin of the Quarry Lake
SpanishLa virgen de la tosquera
Directed byLaura Casabé
Screenplay byBenjamín Naishtat
Based on"El carrito" and "La virgen de la tosquera"
by Mariana Enríquez
Produced by
  • Valeria Bistagnino
  • Ángeles Hernández
  • Alejandro Israel
  • David Matamoros
  • Tomás Eloy Muñoz
  • Diego Martínez Ulanosky
  • Livi Herrera
Starring
  • Dolores Oliverio
  • Luisa Merelas
  • Fernanda Echevarría
  • Dady Brieva
  • Agustín Sosa
CinematographyDiego Tenorio Hernández
Edited byAna Remón
Music byPedro Onetto
Production
companies
  • Mostra Cine
  • Ajimolido Films
  • Caponeto
  • Mr. Miyagi Films
Distributed byFilmax (Spain)
Release date
  • 27 January 2025 (2025-01-27) (Sundance)
Countries
  • Argentina
  • Mexico
  • Spain
LanguageSpanish

The Virgin of the Quarry Lake[1] (Spanish: La virgen de la tosquera) is a 2025 supernatural coming-of-age horror film directed by Laura Casabé from a screenplay by Benjamín Naishtat based on two stories by Mariana Enríquez. It is an Argentine-Mexican-Spanish international co-production. The cast is led by Dolores Oliverio.

Plot

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Set in 2001, against the backdrop of the deep economic crisis and protests in Argentina, the plot follows three teenagers (Natalia, Mariela, and Josefina) who become infatuated with the same boy, Diego. The situation takes a turn when Diego starts a relationship with older and more experienced Silvia and Natalia casts a spell against the couple with help from her grandmother Rita.[2][3][4][5]

Cast

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Production

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The film is based on the stories "El carrito" and "La virgen de la tosquera" by Mariana Enríquez,[3] both contained in the story collection The Dangers of Smoking in Bed.[7] It is an Argentinian-Mexican-Spanish co-production by Mostra Cine, Ajimolido Films, Caponeto and Mr. Miyagi Films,[3] and obtained financing from the 2023 Ibermedia co-production fund.[5]

Casabé lamented the ongoing situation in Argentina vis-à-vis State film policies, claiming that filmmakers were "living under ideological persecution", with only international co-production with Mexico and Spain saving the project.[6]

Shooting locations included the Mendoza Province.[8]

Release

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In May 2024, it was reported that Filmax had acquired international rights to the film.[3]

Selected in the film slate of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, the film had its world premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on 27 January 2025.[9][10]

Reception

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Chris Deacy of Journal of Religion & Film deemed the film to be a "beguiling and increasingly shocking interrogation of adolescent angst", otherwise displaying shades of Carrie and reminiscences of The Virgin Suicides.[11]

Martin Kudláč of Cineuropa described the film as venturing "into the darker zones of coming-of-age spiced up by the visceral impact associated with the New French Extremity".[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Virgin of the Quarry Lake". Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  2. ^ "El Gobierno de Mendoza banca el arte y la "Virgen de la Tosquera" comenzó a rodar". Vía País. 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d de la Fuente, Anna Marie (9 May 2024). "Filmax Nabs International Rights to 'The Virgin of the Quarry Lake' by Helmer Laura Casabé, from a Benjamín Naishtat Screenplay (Exclusive)". Variety.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Batlle, Diego (27 January 2025). ""La virgen de la tosquera", la película basada en cuentos de Mariana Enríquez compite en el Festival de Sundance". eldiarioAR.
  5. ^ a b c "La cineasta argentina que está ganando protagonismo en el festival de Sundance". El Destape. 25 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b McLennan, Callum (23 January 2025). "Argentina's Past and Teen Turmoil Collide in Laura Casabe's Supernatural-Tinged 'The Virgin of the Quarry Lake': 'It's About Magic and Strange Forces Weaving Into the Fabric of the Everyday'". Variety.
  7. ^ Barraguirre, Pilar (25 December 2024). "Laura Casabé lleva el terror argentino de Mariana Enríquez a Sundance 2025 con "La Virgen de la Tosquera". Aires de Santa Fe.
  8. ^ González, María Soledad (1 January 2025). "Industria audiovisual: Mendoza proyecta $1.400 millones en inversiones para 2025". Los Andes.
  9. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony; Patten, Dominic (11 December 2024). "Sundance 2025: JLo, Sly Stone, Putin, Ayo Edebiri, André Holland, & Ex-NZ PM Jacinda Ardern Films Among Park City Festival Offerings". Deadline Hollywood.
  10. ^ ""La Virgen de la Tosquera", inspirada en cuentos de Mariana Enriquez, tendrá su estreno mundial en Sundance". Infobae. 21 January 2025.
  11. ^ Deacy, Chris (2025). "The Virgin of Quarry Lake". Journal of Religion & Film. 29 (1). Omaha: University of Nebraska Omaha. ISSN 1092-1311.
  12. ^ Kudláč, Martin (28 January 2025). "Review: The Virgin of the Quarry Lake". Cineuropa.
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