“Camila Comes Out at Night,” which plays in main competition this weekend at San Sebastián, begins with teen Camila in a museum, gazing at a ancient photo. It’s of an indigenous Paraguayan girl, Niña Ache, who was captured by colonialists, made to work as a servant and finally interned in a psychiatric ward for her strong sexual tendencies, the text next to the photo reads.
The third solo feature of Inés Barrionuevo, “Camila Comes Out Tonight” goes on to ask if the fate of young women in modern Argentina has really changed out of all recognition. At first, as the pugnacious, mature for her age Camila transfers from her liberal high school in Mar del Plata to a traditionalist institution in Buenos Aires, “Camila” seems a straight-arrow coming of age tale as she discovers the city’s cool hip-hop clubs, does drugs and falls for Clara, a classmate. But...
The third solo feature of Inés Barrionuevo, “Camila Comes Out Tonight” goes on to ask if the fate of young women in modern Argentina has really changed out of all recognition. At first, as the pugnacious, mature for her age Camila transfers from her liberal high school in Mar del Plata to a traditionalist institution in Buenos Aires, “Camila” seems a straight-arrow coming of age tale as she discovers the city’s cool hip-hop clubs, does drugs and falls for Clara, a classmate. But...
- 9/19/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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