description Zama Overview
Lucrecia Martel’s 2017 film, Zama, adapts Antonio di Benedetto's novel. The period drama premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and was subsequently selected as Argentina’s entry for awards consideration at the Academy Awards and the Goya Awards. It received recognition for its screening within prestigious film festivals.
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info Zama Specifications
| Country | Argentina |
| Year | 2016 |
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What is Zama about in Lucrecia Martel's film?
Zama follows Don Diego de Zama, a colonial officer waiting for a transfer that never seems to arrive. The film turns Antonio di Benedetto's 1956 novel into a dry, disorienting portrait of bureaucracy and colonial decay.
Where did Zama premiere before its awards campaign?
Zama premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2017. Argentina later selected it as the country's submission for the Academy Awards' foreign-language category.
Is Zama a conventional historical adventure movie?
No, Zama is a slow, elliptical period film rather than an action-driven colonial adventure. Lucrecia Martel focuses on sound, discomfort, and absurd waiting more than plot momentum.
Who wrote the novel that Zama adapts?
The film adapts Zama by Argentine writer Antonio di Benedetto. The book was first published in 1956 and is often grouped with major 20th-century Latin American literature.
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