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The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

2026 · 95 min

A slow, uneasy summer of teenage longing and supernatural dread, steeped in economic gloom and quiet menace.

Directed by: Laura Casabé
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Dolores Oliverio, Fernanda Echevarría del Rivero, Luisa Merelas

Overview: On the eve of the 2001 outbreak, a young woman falls for her lifelong friend but turns to incantations and curses with her grandmother's help when a more experienced rival threatens their romance.

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Directed by: Laura Casabé
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Dolores Oliverio, Fernanda Echevarría del Rivero, Luisa Merelas

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
obsession
love
betrayal
class
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: Laura Casabé
Written by: Benjamín Naishtat
Starring: Dolores Oliverio, Fernanda Echevarría del Rivero, Luisa Merelas, Isabel Bracamonte, Candela Flores, Agustín Sosa, Dady Brieva, Maicol Orihuela
Music: Valeria Goethals
Cinematography: Diego Tenorio
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Argentina, Spain, Mexico
Languages: Spanish

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