Electrophilia
Buy ticketsYoung veterinarian is struck by lightning and joins a support group for survivors led by a dangerously charismatic doctor in an exciting drama from the successful director behind XXY.
After Ada attracts a lightning strike while delivering a calf during a storm, nothing is the same. Besides the mark that shows how the electricity passed through her body, she escapes without visible injuries, but everything inside her is in turmoil. It's only when she finds a support group led by a somewhat obsessed researcher that she finds a way forward: a lightning strike can be a gift - it resets all the body's systems and can bring sensational effects if one is open to them. Despite the risks. Lucía Puenzo has once again delivered a beautiful thriller drama about searching and alienation. Offering ingenious and beautiful versions of lightning both in the sky and on the bodies of those affected.
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