FIRST WE TAKE ANILLACO

Dir. Paula Martel

Argentina, 100 min, in development

Genre:

Coming of age, adventure
Status:

In development
Selections and awards

Málaga MAFF (Spain, 2025), Mentoring Award at Ícaro Market (Guatemala, 2024), INCAA’s Raymundo Gleyzer Lab (Argentina, 2021), MaPa Mentoring Program (Argentina, 2020), SANFIC Net (Chile, 2019), CONSTRUIR Lab (Argentina, 2019), Cinefilia Lab (Colombia, 2018), UNTREF Award at LATINARAB Forum (Argentina, 2017), National Fund for the Arts grant (2019 and 2021)

SYNOPSIS

December, 2001. Amid Argentina’s greatest crisis, Lali flees with a bold teenage guerrilla, crossing mountains, deserts, and abandoned villages. Convinced that former president Carlos Menem is the culprit behind the national failure, the gang plans to kill him in his mansion in Anillaco. Their adventure challenges their relationships, revealing to Lali the cost of growing up.

FIRST WE TAKE ANILLACO produced by COLECTIVO RUTEMBERG producers FRANCISCO NOVICK y PAULA MARTEL written and directed by PAULA MARTEL