In THE CURRENTS, acclaimed Argentine-Swiss filmmaker Milagros Mumenthaler invites us into the mystery of a woman suddenly, inexplicably, set adrift.
There is a moment early in the film when Lina, an Argentinian designer visiting Switzerland, stands at a window and looks out at a river — and something shifts. Not dramatically. Quietly. The way a life can change before you have even found the words for it.
Soon after, Lina survives a mysterious plunge into that icy river. She returns home to Buenos Aires a different woman: unable to explain what happened, and unwilling to pretend that nothing has changed.
What follows is not a conventional mystery, but an intimate psychological journey — dreamlike and quietly unsettling — about identity, memory, exile, and the parts of ourselves we try to leave behind.
Mumenthaler is one of the essential voices in contemporary Latin American cinema. Her films — Back to Stay, The Idea of a Lake, and now THE CURRENTS — share an uncommon quality: they trust silence. They trust the body. They trust the audience to feel before they understand.
Join us for a conversation with filmmaker Milagros Mumenthaler about her haunting new film, THE CURRENTS, on INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, starting now.
