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The Currents by Milagros Mumenthaler
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The Currents
by Milagros Mumenthaler

At the height of her career, Lina, a 34-year-old Argentine stylist, is driven by a sudden impulse after an award ceremony in Switzerland. Back in Buenos Aires, she says nothing, but something in her has shifted – quiet and invisible, it subtly unravels a past she thought she had left behind.

Original Title: Las Corrientes
Countries: Switzerland, Argentina
Year: 2025
Ratio: 1:85
Sound: 5.1
Length: 104 min
Language: Spanish
Festivals & Awards
2025
  • Toronto International Film Festival – Platform
About Director
Milagros Mumenthaler

Milagros Mumenthaler was born in Argentina in 1977. She left the country at an early age for Switzerland, where she grew up. She directed four short films, which were selected and awarded at numerous festivals. In 2011, she directed Abrir puertas y ventanas, her first feature film, which was selected for the Cinéfondation, the Cannes Film Festival residency. The film received several awards, including the Golden Leopard and the Leopard for Best Actress at the Locarno Film Festival, as well as the Astor de Oro at the Mar del Plata Film Festival.
Her second film, La idea de un lago, was presented in competition at the Locarno, Busan, San Sebastian, and Rotterdam film festivals.
«Las Corrientes» is her 3rd film.

FILMOGRAPHY
  • The Currents – 2025
  • The Idea of a Lake – 2016
  • Back to Stay – 2011
Cast & Crew
Cast

Isabel Aimé Gonzalez-Sola
Esteban Bigliardi
Claudia Sánchez
Ernestina Gatti
Jazmín Carballo
Sara Bessio

Crew

Screenwriter: Milagros Mumenthaler
DOP: Gabriel Sandru
Art Director: Ailí Chen
Editor: Gion-Reto Killias
Costume Design: Simona Martínez
Sound: Carlos Ibañez, Federico Esquerro, Denis Séchaud
Production: Alina film, Ruda Cine
Coproduction: RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
World Sales: Luxbox