The film will be introduced by academic, critic and curator Professor Maria Delgado.
Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America in the 1700s and station in a remote Patogonian outpost waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind.
Lucrecia Martel's Zama mesmeresing film follows Zama has he descends from boredom into outright delirium. Hypnotically beautiful and comedic in moments, Zama is a reflection on Argentina's colonial legacy right through to modern bureaucractic chaos.
