An Odd Turn

2024 Argentine short film

An Odd Turn
Berlinale release poster
SpanishUn movimiento extraño
LiterallyA strange movement
Directed byFrancisco Lezama
Screenplay byFrancisco Lezama
Produced by
  • Iván Moscovich
  • Juan Segundo Alamos
  • Francisco Lezama
  • Jerónimo Quevedo
  • Victoria Marotta
  • Adrien Cothier
Starring
  • Laila Maltz
  • Paco Gorriz
CinematographyFederico Lastra
Edited byFranco Figueroa
Production
companies
  • 36 Caballos
  • Un Puma
  • The Zanuck Company
Distributed by36 Caballos
Release date
Running time
22 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

An Odd Turn (Spanish: Un movimiento extraño) is a 2024 Argentine drama short film written and directed by Francisco Lezama. Starring Laila Maltz, the film tells the story of a security guard who senses the theft of a work of art.[1]

It was selected in the Berlinale Shorts section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 17 February, [2] and won Golden Bear for Best Short Film.[3]

Synopsis

In 2019, a theft is about to happen at a museum in Buenos Aires. A security guard senses it and uses her pendulum to predict the future. She sees that the dollar will skyrocket soon. She loses her job and gets a generous severance pay. She meets an employee of a money changer, with whom she falls in love.

Cast

  • Laila Maltz as Lucrecia
  • Paco Gorriz as Exchange House Guy
  • Sofía Palomino as Security Guard 1
  • Cecilia Rainero as Human Resources Woman 1
  • Marcela Guerty as Human Resources Woman 2
  • Guillermo Massé as Security Guard
  • Susana Pampín as Client
  • Alejandro Russek as Grindr Guy
  • Jorge Prado as Security Guard
  • Eugenia Alonso as Client

Release

An Odd Turn had its World premiere on 17 February 2024, as part of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, in the Berlinale Shorts.[4][5]

Accolades

Award Date Category Recipient Result Ref.
Berlin International Film Festival 25 February 2024 Golden Bear for Best Short Film An Odd Turn Won [6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Un movimiento extraño" [An Odd Turn, Francisco Lezama]. 36 Caballos (in Spanish). Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Boyce, Laurence (February 19, 2024). "Berlinale Shorts fires the starting pistol". Cineuropa. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Scott Roxborough (February 24, 2024). "Berlin Film Festival Winners". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "An Odd Turn". Berlinale. February 6, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  5. ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (January 16, 2024). "Berlin announces a raft of new titles for its Berlinale Special and Shorts". Cineuropa. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  6. ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (February 24, 2024). "Mati Diop's Dahomey bags the Berlinale Golden Bear". Cineuropa. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  7. ^ Ntim, Zac (February 24, 2024). "Berlin Film Festival: Mati Diop Wins Golden Bear With Documentary 'Dahomey,' Emily Watson And Sebastian Stan Take Acting Honors". Deadline. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
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