Blondi

Blondi, the debut feature of director and star Dolores Fonzi, is an Argentine film about the near sibling-like closeness between a single mother and her twenty year old son, who listen to the same music, watch the same films, smoke pot together, and share the same friends. The film had its world premiere at the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival and screened in the Horizontes Latinos section of the San Sebastián Film Festival. It won multiple awards at Argentina's Cóndor de Plata Awards, including Best First Film; Fonzi also won Best Actress at the Sur Awards, with the film taking home four wins from thirteen nominations, making it one of the most awarded Argentine films of recent years. Who it's for: anyone curious about an award-winning Argentine debut, directed by and starring the same person, exploring the blurred boundaries of an unusually close mother-son relationship. Who it's not for: those wanting a conventional mother-son drama, since the film relies on a subtle approach that deliberately avoids cliché.