Panadrilo
Panadrilo
Panadrilo

Panadrilo

Unclassified 18+

Camila is employed as a vet at a Panamanian zoo. She doesn’t have a work permit, her daughter is in New York, and her husband has turned into a crocodile.

Inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story ‘Crocodile’ and director Marcela Heilbron’s time spent documenting dangerous border crossings in the jungle between Colombia and Panama, this fantastical portrait of faith in the face of horror mixes moments of high farce with a bracing sense of real-world anxiety. This is perhaps the only film you’ll see this year that tackles the migration crisis with a talking reptile.

Tickets

Metro sessions
Fri 8 Aug 6:30pm ACMI 2
Access: Assistive listening Wheelchair Accessible 100 percent subtitled Hearing Loop
Past Session
Common Pear (15 m)
Panadrilo (15 m)
400 Cassettes (14 m)
Ali (15 m)
Past Session
Mon 18 Aug 9:15pm Kino 1
Access: Assistive listening Wheelchair Accessible 100 percent subtitled
Past Session
Common Pear (15 m)
Panadrilo (15 m)
400 Cassettes (14 m)
Ali (15 m)
Past Session

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