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Natural Sciences
Natural Sciences
7.8
/10
602 Ratings

NATURAL SCIENCES

Ciencias Naturales

Directed by Matías Lucchesi
Argentina, France, 2014
Drama

Synopsis

In a school in the middle of the mountains, a girl feels the profound need to discover her true identity. She doesn’t know who her father is and she is determined to find him, but her mother does not approve. Going behind the back of the school and the girl’s mother, a teacher decides to help her.

Synopsis

In a school in the middle of the mountains, a girl feels the profound need to discover her true identity. She doesn’t know who her father is and she is determined to find him, but her mother does not approve. Going behind the back of the school and the girl’s mother, a teacher decides to help her.

Our take

With its minimal narrative and understated tone, Natural Sciences is nevertheless a work of potent emotional resonance, which won the hearts of many festival juries worldwide. A film representative of the prowess of Latin American cinema for portraying childhood.