Zama (film)

Zama
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLucrecia Martel
Screenplay byLucrecia Martel
Based onZama
by Antonio di Benedetto
Produced byVania Catani
Benjamin Domenech
Santiago Gallelli
Matias Roveda
Starring
CinematographyRui Poças
Edited by
  • Miguel Schverdfinger
  • Karen Harley
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 31 August 2017 (2017-08-31) (Venice)
  • 28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) (Argentina)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesArgentina
Spain
Languages
Box office$475,910[2][3]

Zama [ˈsama] is a 2017 Argentine period drama film directed by Lucrecia Martel, based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Antonio di Benedetto.[4] It premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival.[5] It was also screened in the Masters section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] On 29 September 2017, the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences chose the film as the national entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards and Best Iberoamerican Film at the 32nd Goya Awards.[7][8]

In 2022, it was selected as the 19th greatest film of Argentine cinema in a poll organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, which was presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival.[9]

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  5. ^ "Lucretia Martel - Zama". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  6. ^ Pond, Steve (August 15, 2017). "Aaron Sorkin, Brie Larson, Louis CK Movies Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup". TheWrap. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  7. ^ ""Zama", a los Oscar". Página/12 (in Spanish). Editorial La Página S.A. September 29, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  8. ^ Mango, Agustin (September 29, 2017). "Oscars: Argentina Selects 'Zama' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  9. ^ "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.