Movies by María Laura Cali

Butterfly
A butterfly, a creature symbolising rebirth and a new beginning, epitomises Romina’s and Germán’s world, a world that consists of two parallel realities. In one of them they grow up as siblings who desire each other and try to give shape to their love without sexual fulfilment; in the other they are a young man and woman who form an awkward friendship instead of succumbing to their feelings for each other. Germán finds himself in a discordant relationship with Mariela. Mariela’s brother is interested in Bruno. Bruno is with Romina, but wants...

Necronomicon – The Book of Hell
A librarian founds a copy of the fabled Necronomicon, only unleash hell on earth.

Historias Breves 0: Rubén, el Murciélago
Ruben is a bodybuilder, lives day and night dedicated to his body, which takes him all the time and does not look for work. But even the adversities of life cannot deter him from believing in himself as a superhero.

Historias Breves 0
Film composed of nine short films. Short Stories 0, was released in 1993 and did not yet have that name because they were separate shorts. It would later become the prestigious annual short film competition for directors organized and produced by INCAA.

The Foreigner
María is a taciturn and reserved Argentinian woman who lives in Barcelona. The death of her grandfather, the last survivor of the family, forces her to return to Indio Muerto, a lost corner of Argentina. After an interminable trip, she arrives at the inhabited field only by the persistent wind and clouds of dust that increase the solitude of the place. Unexpectedly, she decides to stay.