In her highly accomplished debut film, Argentine director Lucrecia Martel skewers the decadence of the bourgeoisie with an effectiveness rarely seen since Bunuel. As an unbearably hot and sticky summer winds on, a wealthy family and their lower-class relatives come together to try to make the most of a bad situation. Filmed in a probing, expressionist style with a vivid and masterful sound design, "there's a real energy in the way that La Cienaga takes nothing for granted -- except your attention and your intelligence" (Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News). In Spanish with English subtitles.