PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Lucía Garibaldi, director of the film The Sharks.
An interview with director Lucía Garibaldi, whose feature film debut The Sharks was screened in the Another View section of the 2019 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Describing the film as a character movie, Garibaldi tells us about her interest in personality and her boredom with stereotypes and more.
The Sharks: Fourteen-year-old Rosina circles the slightly older Joselo like a clumsy baby shark. Although she hides it well, the hormonal chaos she is experiencing expresses itself in risky flirtation and outright malice. Debuting Uruguayan director Lucía Garibaldi’s award-winning study of romantic fumbling and youthful obsession leaves itself open to interpretation.