Apr 2: Queens

Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2025
7 pm @ Galaxy Cinemas, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Director: Klaudia Reynicke-Candeloro
Switzerland/Peru/Spain 2024
Spanish; 110 min.

Lucia, Aurora, and their mother Elena are apprehensive about saying goodbyeto a country, to family and friends, but above all to Carlos, a father and ex-husband who has all but disappeared from their lives. In the midst of Peru’s social and political chaos, their departure will give rise to contradictory feelings, reviving old regrets and generating new illusions. Queens is an intense and moving tale of initiation, in the spirit of the ’90s.

Winner of World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival

Seemingly inconsequential moments — like a cozy house party scene — shine with loving specificity, making the perpetual return to the Carlos drama feel dutiful. Beatrice Loayza, New York Times

It’s lovely and sweet. Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles)