Las lindas
The pretty ones
2016 | 77 min. | Argentina | Spanish
[EN] From her own personal experience and from talking with her lifelong friends, the filmmaker wonders about the mandates and prohibitions that mold the construction of the female gender, especially in terms of image.
[ES] A partir de su experiencia personal y de hablar con sus amigas de toda la vida, la realizadora se pregunta sobre los mandatos y prohibiciones que moldean la construcción del género femenino, especialmente en relación a la imagen.
With Victoria D'Amuri, Camila Magliano, Sofía Mele, Josefina Roveta, Michelle Sterzovsky
Directed by Melisa Liebenthal
Produced by Eugenia Campos Guevara (Gentil) with the support of BAL - BAFICI and Universidad del Cine
Premieres & Awards
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands, 2016) / Winner Bright Future Award - “The winning film convinced us by its playful, endearing and candid way of speaking about a generation, by using an impressive range of creative means. We are extremely curious to see what the director will do next.”
BAFICI Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente - Argentinian Competition (Argentina, 2016) / Winner Best Direction
Asterisco International LGBTIQ Film Festival - Official Selection (Argentina, 2016) / Winner Best Film
Seattle International Film Festival - Iberoamerican Competition (USA, 2016)
Edinburgh International Film Festival - Documentary Competition (Great Britain, 2016)
FILMADRID - Official Selection 2016 (Spain, 2016)
Lima International Film Festival - Documentary Competition (Peru, 2016)
Queer Lisboa - Queer Art Competition (Portugal, 2016)
FIDOCS - Official Selection (Chile, 2016)
Torino International Film Festival - Official Selection (Italy, 2016)
Cali International Film Festival (Colombia, 2016)
YOUKI International Youth Media Festival (Austria, 2016)
Invasion Das argentinische Filmfestival (Germany, 2016)
Ambulante - Official Selection (Mexico, 2017)
EDOC - Official Selection (Ecuador, 2017)
Histórias extraordinárias: Cinema argentino contemporâneo (Brasil, 2017)
Other screenings
Luchas Cotidianas - FICVIÑA (Chile, 2021)
Usina del Arte, Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2018)
Centro Cultural de la Memoria Haroldo Conti, Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2018)
MALBA - Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2017)
Kino Nowe Horyzonty, Wroclaw (Poland, 2017)
Cinemateca Capitólio, Porto Alegre (Brasil, 2017)
Tabakalera - Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea, San Sebastián (Spain, 2016)
Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (Spain, 2016)
Crew
Direction • Melisa Liebenthal
Production • Eugenia Campos Guevara
Editing • Sofía Mele, Melisa Liebenthal
Sound Editing • Marcos Canosa
Sound Mix • Diego Martínez (Ñandú Sonido)
Original Music • Ángeles Otero
Color Correction • Lucas Pérez Sosto
Animation and Titles • Alejandro Forero
Graphic Design • Jonatan Amandy
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