Feb 6
ALMAMULA (2023) dir. Juan Sebastian Torales 14-year-old Nino moves with his family to a small, conservative town in northern Argentina after suffering a violent homophobic attack in their previous home. The town has recently suffered the disappearance of another young boy in the woods which was attributed to the almamula, a creature of Argentine folklore who supposedly destroys the sexually impure; manipulated by the local church in an attempt to cure him of his homosexuality, Nino himself begins to long for the almamula to come take him away as well. (link in title)
