The first film from Julio Torres is as big and weird as you'd hope. Here's aurora_amidon's SXSW2023 review of the Kafkaesque comedy Problemista:
, is a delightfully erratic and wild ride.follows Alejandro , a young man who moves from El Salvador to Bushwick in the hopes of realizing his dreams as a toy maker. Getting the sponsorship he needs to remain in the United States proves to be a headache of epic proportions, but he sees a potential light at the end of the tunnel in the form of Elizabeth : An eccentric, volatile and hostile art critic who spends her days picking fights with waiters and Apple Support technicians.
. When Alejandro and Elizabeth get into squabbles, for example, Torres imagines that the former is a knight and the latter a multi-headed monster, and they are duking it out with medieval swords. When Alejandro descends down the Craigslist rabbithole in search of side gigs, he is confronted by an all-knowing, mischievous figure who reads him job listings like they are materializing in a crystal ball.
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