THE MIDDLE AGES
(LA EDAD MEDIA)
dir. Alejo Moguillansky & Luciana Acuña, 2022
89 min. Argentina.
In Spanish with English subtitles.

SATURDAY, MAY 6 – 10 PM
TUESDAY, MAY 16 – 10 PM
SUNDAY, MAY 21 – 5 PM
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 – 7:30 PM

“In this comedy of economics and isolation, partners Moguillansky and Acuña play themselves—a director and choreographer—stuck in their flat during a pandemic lockdown in Argentina. They contend not just with a sense of self upon losing opportunities to do their work— to create their art— but upon losing their finances, too. While Moguillansky awkwardly tries to direct Beckett via Zoom and Acuña takes and gives split-screen classes to little success, the couple’s daughter, Cleo, begins secretly selling her parents belongings out their front door to fund a much-desired telescope. In this funny and clever snapshot of fiction that feels 99% based in reality, Moguillansky and Acuña, who share directing credits, find in their household microcosm the humorous absurdity but also underlying shadows of the financial and existential crises \[…\] incubating in so many homes, communities, and nations. ”
— Daniel Kasman, Mubi Notebook

“A comedy in times of shelter-in-place? Probably so. A portrait of a girl and her family in times of shelter-in-place? Apparently so. An absurd Beckettian musical shot in times of shelter-in place? Exactly so.”
— Director’s statement