Starring: Guadalupe Alonso, Nicolas Treise, Mirella Pascaul, Gabo Correa
Director: Julia Solomonoff
Running Time: 85 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: April 23rd, 2012

Why do people in rural Argentina, a country that speaks Spanish, look like they just fell out of 19th Century France? The continental cultural melting pot always adds an extra layer of interest to South American movies, where various European cultures from all sorts of different eras butt up against indigenous cultures and the modern world. That’s in the background of The Last Summer Of La Boyita, a charming and somewhat brave film that takes a look at the ambiguity of gender, as seen through the eyes of children [Read more…]