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The Virgin of the Quarry Lake (La virgen de la tosquera)

Date & Time

Fri. Apr. 24, 2026 9:15 PM-11 PM
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Location Main Campus | Kinder Building

Parking at Kinder Garage
Drop off at Kinder Building

Film Information

Theater Lynn Wyatt Theater, digital
Directed by Laura Casabé
Year 2025
Length 93 minutes
Country Argentina
Language Spanish with English subtitles

Film Series

Latin Wave
The 19th edition of Latin Wave brings dynamic new movies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.Latin Wave

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The Virgin of the Quarry Lake (La virgen de la tosquera)

Date & Time

Fri. Apr. 24, 2026 9:15 PM-11 PM
This event has passed

Location Main Campus | Kinder Building

Parking at Kinder Garage
Drop off at Kinder Building

Film Information

Theater Lynn Wyatt Theater, digital
Directed by Laura Casabé
Year 2025
Length 93 minutes
Country Argentina
Language Spanish with English subtitles

Film Series

Latin Wave
The 19th edition of Latin Wave brings dynamic new movies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.Latin Wave
 
Set in the sweltering summer of 2001 amid Argentina’s looming economic collapse, The Virgin of the Quarry Lake is a visceral, supernatural, coming‑of‑age horror that melds teenage desire with dark folklore. Best friends Natalia, Mariela, and Josefina are bound by youth and an all‑consuming crush on their longtime friend Diego—until an older, more worldly woman captures his attention. Heartbroken and desperate, Natalia turns to whispered spells and ancestral incantations in a bid to reclaim love, but what begins as jealousy soon morphs into something far more sinister. As the oppressive heat and social unrest build, so does Natalia’s transformation, leading her into uncharted territory of self‑empowerment, rage, and terrifying consequence. Gorgeously atmospheric and unsettlingly precise, Laura Casabé’s film conjures the volcanic emotional landscape of adolescence with supernatural dread.

Tickets
  • $10 festival admission; $8 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+)
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Ambientada en el sofocante verano de 2001, al borde del inminente colapso económico de Argentina, La virgen de la tosquera es un visceral relato de terror sobrenatural y de iniciación que entrelaza el deseo adolescente con oscuros folclores. Las mejores amigas Natalia, Mariela y Josefina están unidas por su juventud y por un enamoramiento compartido hacia su amigo de toda la vida, Diego—hasta que una mujer mayor y más experimentada capta su atención. Desesperada y con el corazón roto, Natalia recurre a hechizos susurrados y conjuros ancestrales en un intento por recuperar su amor. Pero lo que comienza como celos pronto se transforma en algo mucho más siniestro. A medida que el calor opresivo y el malestar social se intensifican, también lo hace la transformación de Natalia, llevándola hacia un territorio desconocido de autoafirmación, furia y consecuencias aterradoras. De atmósfera deslumbrante y precisión inquietante, la película de Laura Casabé convoca el paisaje emocional volcánico de la adolescencia a través del terror sobrenatural.

Boletos
  • $10 admisión festival; $8 para miembros del MFAH, estudiantes con identificación y adultos mayores (65+)
Planea tu visita

Call for Questions 713-639-7531

Email Your Questions [email protected]

Organized by the MFAH in association with the creative partner Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires.
Sponsored by Tenaris and American Friends of Fundacion Proa Inc.

            

Additional generous support provided by Neil B. Goldstein.

Programmed in collaboration with Cinema Tropical.