Family Members

Family Members is a tale of love, loss and fitness, announces a poster for Mateo Bendesky’s film. Following the death of their mother—a woman who trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu—teenage Lucas and his mysterious older sister, Gilda, a mystical sort, travel to the Atlantic coast. They want to say good-bye to their mother in the place where she wanted to be laid to rest. Because of a bus drivers’ strike, however, they can't get back to Buenos Aires. Trapped in a sleepy town, the siblings look for ways to kill time. They get a chance not only to enjoy themselves but also to grow closer, as they learn a few things about one another and about themselves. This extraordinary picture of the ordinary life of Argentinian youth is both warm and melancholy and, above all, extremely funny. Family Members, Mateo Bendesky's second full-length film, premiered in the Panorama section at the last Berlin Festival, where it competed for a Teddy Award.