‘Seca’ pulls you into a landscape that feels like it’s on the verge of giving up. PolY (Director) crafts an atmospheric slow-burn that is less about storytelling and more about feeling the weight of a land abandoned by rain and by hope. AilÃn Salas takes on the silence with a kind of raw, spiritual intensity that’s hard to shake. She’s inhabiting the drought-stricken earth, embodying the semi-pagan legend of the Deceased Correa, a figure who was believed to have performed miracles through sheer endurance.
There’s no dialogue, no hand-holding. This is a film that trusts you to lean in and feel the spaces between the visuals. Santiago Bernaldo de Quirós’ cinematography turns the arid fields of rural Argentina into something almost otherworldly and rituals that blur the line between desperation and mysticism. It’s all about survival, but not in the normal sense of the word. Here, it’s spiritual, almost poetic, but grounded in gritty reality.
‘Seca’ is an art film in the truest sense – edgy, hypnotic, and unapologetically enigmatic. It demands patience but rewards you with a cinematic experience that feels raw, tactile, and deeply connected to something ancient. There’s a boldness in how it pushes past narrative and lets you simply exist alongside Salas in her quiet, determined battle with a land that refuses to give anything back. Highly recommended.
