Fresh from the NZ Internation Film Festival
Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind.
“The first thing to be said of Lucrecia Martel’s Spanish-language film is that it stands as a startling original.” -The Wall Street Journal
“Lucrecia Martel’s cinematic marvel Zama tells the dreamlike story of Don Diego (a wonderful Daniel Giménez Cacho), a proud if beleaguered agent of Western colonialism in the New World.” -The NY Times
