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An intriguing film, Suddenly, a quietly powerful, gently comic and thought-provoking tale about two punky young dykes who kidnap a shy teenage girl on a lark and head for the road. Filmed in black and white, the story follows plump lingerie shop girl Marcia (Tatiana Saphir), a shy, awkward young woman who, while walking down a Buenos Aires street, is kidnapped by two hip-looking lesbians who go by the names Mao (Carla Crespo) and Lenin (Veronica Hassan). The girls throw Marcia in their stolen car and head off for points unknown. Soon after she is captured, Marcia begins to become friends with the two sexy women and a bond forms between them. What began as an abduction soon morphs into a complicated emotional and sexual relationship. Now a “team,” the young ladies eventually crash at Lenin’s Aunt Blanca’s seaside house, a place already inhabited with two unusual lodgers. The home and its occupants provide a chance for respite, self-discovery, happiness and growth.

Rarely has a film so brilliantly – all in the utmost understatement – delved into the psyche of its characters, slowly unpeeling their masks and revealing their new emerging selves. Obviously a film of interest to lesbians, but all lovers of art film should flock to this subtle, unpredictable masterpiece. (Spanish with English subtitles)

 -- Raymond Murray