THE LUNCHROOM / PLANTA PERMANENTE
A film by Ezequiel Radusky
(Argentina/Uruguay, 2019, 86 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
For over 30 years Lila (Liliana Juárez) has been a dedicated cleaning staff employee in a provincial municipality building. She’s an important figure in the office’s close-knit society because of her shared role running the unofficial staff cafeteria, which she operates with her friend Marcela (played by the late and iconic singer-songwriter, actress and poet, Rosario Bléfari, star of Martín Rejtman’s Silvia Prieto). When Lila gets the opportunity to refurbish the lunchroom and run it officially as the boss, the sudden elevation of her status causes friction with Marcela and an upheaval amidst the office’s delicate status quo.
The acclaimed second feature from Argentine writer-director Ezequiel Radusky (after his acclaimed debut feature The Owners, co-directed with Agustín Toscano) which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week in 2013), the darkly comic The Lunchroom, had its world premiere at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, where Liliana Juárez was awarded the Silver Astor for Best Actress, and was the winner of the best film award at the Huelva Film Festival in Spain.
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