La Ciénaga
I grew up
with the idea that we were always in economic trouble. Perhaps now the
crisis is greater. It's
impossible, when you're talking about Argentina, not to mention
it. But for me this movie
is not about the decadence of middle-class society. It's about
the idea of desamparo, or abandonment, in the mystical sense of
creatures or human
beings abandoned by God. It's
the fact that you are alone in the world, and you have
to find a way to live. —Lucrecia Martel, 2001