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Un movimiento extraño

An Odd Turn
Berlinale Shorts
Buenos Aires, 2019. Lucrecia, who works as a museum security guard, foresees a sharp rise in the dollar’s value with her pendulum. When she suddenly loses her job, she receives an unexpected severance payment and falls in love with the employee of a currency exchange office.
by Francisco Lezama
with Laila Maltz, Paco Gorriz, Sofía Palomino, Cecilia Rainero, Marcela Guerty Argentina 2024 Spanish 22' World premiere

With

  • Laila Maltz (Lucrecia)
  • Paco Gorriz (Exchange House Guy)
  • Sofía Palomino (Security Guard 1)
  • Cecilia Rainero (Human Resources Woman 1)
  • Marcela Guerty (Human Resources Woman 2)
  • Guillermo Massé (Security Guard)
  • Susana Pampín (Client)
  • Alejandro Russek (Grindr Guy)
  • Jorge Prado (Security Guard)
  • Eugenia Alonso (Client)

Crew

DirectorFrancisco Lezama
ScreenplayFrancisco Lezama
CinematographyFederico Lastra
EditingFranco Figueroa
Sound DesignNahuel Palenque
SoundGabriel Real, Javier Jensen
Production DesignAlix Cobelo
CostumesPaloma De La Jara
ProducersIván Moscovich, Juan Segundo Alamos, Francisco Lezama
Co-ProducersJerónimo Quevedo, Victoria Marotta, Adrien Cothier
Co-ProductionUn Puma, Buenos Aires
Dark Matter Pictures, Paris

Produced by

36 Caballos

Buenos Aires, Argentina

World Sales

36 Caballos

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Francisco Lezama

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1987, he studied film directing and acting. He teaches film history at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires and has worked at the Museo del Cine film archive since 2012. His short films have screened at Locarno, the New York Film Festival, the AFI, the Viennale and many other festivals.

Filmography (short films, selection)

2015 La novia de Frankenstein (Frankenstein’s Bride); co-director: Agostina Gálvez 2016 Dear Renzo; co-director: Agostina Gálvez 2024 Un movimiento extraño (An Odd Turn)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024

Dates

Berlinale Shorts 4

That’s All from Me | Un movimiento extraño | Pacific Vein | Les animaux vont mieux

Sat Feb 17 16:00

Cubix 5

Subtitles: English

Screening for press and industry professionals | With accreditation only

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Press & Professionals

Tue Feb 20 21:30

Cubix 9

Subtitles: English

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Festival screening

Wed Feb 21 21:30

HKW 2 - Safi Faye Hall

Subtitles: English

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Festival screening

Thu Feb 22 18:00

Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

Subtitles: English

Shorts Take Their Time: Each film followed by a detailed Q&A

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Festival screening

Thu Feb 22 18:30

Colosseum 1

Subtitles: English

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Festival screening

Reflections: Five Queer Short Films of the 74th Berlinale

Jing guo | Uli | I Don’t Want to Be Just a Memory | Un movimiento extraño | Un invincible été

Thu Feb 22 19:30

Cubix 7

Subtitles: English

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Festival screening

Berlinale Shorts 4

That’s All from Me | Un movimiento extraño | Pacific Vein | Les animaux vont mieux

Fri Feb 23 13:30

Cineplex Titania

Subtitles: English

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Festival screening

Sat Feb 24 21:30

Cubix 9

Subtitles: English

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Festival screening

Reflections: Five Queer Short Films of the 74th Berlinale

Jing guo | Uli | I Don’t Want to Be Just a Memory | Un movimiento extraño | Un invincible été

Sun Feb 25 19:00

International

Subtitles: English

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Berlinale Shorts Award Winners

That’s All from Me | Re tian wu hou | Un movimiento extraño

Sun Feb 25 21:30

Cubix 9

Subtitles: English

Screening of the award-winning films

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Festival screening