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The feature film debut from writer-director Natalia Smirnoff, former assistant director to Argentinean New Wave directors Lucretia Martel and Pablo Trapero, PUZZLE is the delicate and bittersweet tale of Maria del Carmen (Maria Onetto), a forty-something housewife from the suburbs of Buenos Aires, who gradually comes into her own when she discovers her extraordinary gift at assembling puzzles. Her new passion leads her to secretly train with a magnetic millionaire bachelor for Argentina’s national championship, which, if she wins, would take her to Germany and the World Puzzle Championship. Uninterested in puzzles, Maria's husband and sons are not aware of her new passion. But before long her puzzle obsession becomes a serious testing ground, and Maria must decide how much she can expect from her men.

2011 · 1h 27m

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Puzzle

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The feature film debut from writer-director Natalia Smirnoff, former assistant director to Argentinean New Wave directors Lucretia Martel and Pablo Trapero, PUZZLE is the delicate and bittersweet tale of Maria del Carmen (Maria Onetto), a forty-something housewife from the suburbs of Buenos Aires, who gradually comes into her own when she discovers her extraordinary gift at assembling puzzles. Her new passion leads her to secretly train with a magnetic millionaire bachelor for Argentina’s national championship, which, if she wins, would take her to Germany and the World Puzzle Championship. Uninterested in puzzles, Maria's husband and sons are not aware of her new passion. But before long her puzzle obsession becomes a serious testing ground, and Maria must decide how much she can expect from her men.

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Studio
Sundance Selects
Released
2011
Run Time
1 hr 27 min
Rated
Unrated
Regions of Origin
Argentina, France
©Natalia Smirnoff - Carrousel Films - Zarlek Producciones - las Niñas Pictures - 2010

Languages

Original Audio
Spanish, Spanish (Latin America)
Audio

Spanish (Latin America) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

Spanish (Latin America) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.