Dulac Distribution has pounced on the French rights to “The Currents” (“Las Corrientes”) from Luxbox Films in advance of the drama’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF).
This marks the first big territory sale of the Swiss-Argentine co-production by Milagros Mumenthaler, which Luxbox picked up last July.
“Luxbox is a wonderful partner and Dulac Distribution is delighted to embark on this new collaboration following the critical and commercial success of ‘Chile 1976’ in France two years ago,” said the company, which plans to release “The Currents” in 80 screens nationwide by the first quarter of 2026.
“With this elegant drama featuring subtle, almost imperceptible variations, Milagros Mumenthaler offers a nuanced portrayal of her unsettling main character, while Isabel Aimé Gonzales Sola delivers a superb performance that has captured our attention,” Dulac Distribution added in a collective statement.
Drama follows Lina, a successful 34-year-old Argentine stylist who is seized by a sudden impulse to return home after winning an award in Switzerland. Back in Buenos Aires, something in her changes, subtle and imperceptible, as her past catches up with her.
This is Mumenthaler’s third feature. Her first two films were both festivals hits: “Back to Stay” (“Abrir puertas y ventanas), winner of five awards at Locarno 2011 including the Golden Leopard, followed by participations at Toronto, San Sebastian’s Horizontes Latinos and BFI London, among others and “The Idea of a Lake” (“La idea de un lago”), which premiered at Locarno 2016 before heading to San Sebastian, Busan and Rotterdam in 2017.
The drama is a co-production between Alina Film (Switzerland) and Ruda Cine (Argentina). Its cast is led by Gonzalez Sola (“Spiral”) and Esteban Bigliardi (“Society of the Snow,” “The Delinquents).”
After its world debut at TIFF’s prestigious Platform competition, “The Currents” will compete in the official selections of the San Sebastián and New York film festivals.
Speaking about her film in a previous interview with Variety, Mumenthaler recalled how Geneva became a part of her life when her family fled Argentina during the country’s military dictatorship. “Upon returning, I often wondered what would happen if a woman jumped into the river that runs through the city. That was a starting point: to think about who this woman is, why she does what she does, if she is fully aware of that act.
She’s a character who can’t find her place of belonging, because she fled from there, from her origins,” said the director of her protagonist. “Her anchor is loose. She’s been adrift for a long time. The film accompanies her in that drift. She’s a contradictory character because she has the courage not to go against what’s happening to her, but on the other hand, she’s a character who doesn’t confront anything at all. She simply moves forward. And along the way, she protects herself and puts on certain façades. She pretends to be one thing, while inside, other things happen to her.”