No Hollywood blockbuster this week! Two local productions, a French movie, a Uruguayan/French documentary and a German/Italian release are out in BA. For strictly English  speakers, the UK thriller WAZ was also released.

• VILE ROMANCE. Vil romance is a deep exploration of the often-ignored side of same-sex politics. But, in spite of its mercilessly realistic view of life stripped down to its bare bones, Vil romance is simply a love story. (Argentina 2009, in Spanish). Written and directed by: José Celestino Campusano. With: Nehuén Zapata, Oscar Génova, Marisa Pájaro, Javier de la Vega. Distributed by Alúvion/Zoo. PG13. Running time: 150 minutes.

• LOS ANGELES. The closing of the railway transformed the Buenos Aires village of Los Angeles into a ghost town. Some people refuse to leave, whereas others migrate to BA City hoping to get new jobs, reconnect with old flings and find their place under the sun. (Argentina, 2009, in Spanish) Written and directed by: Juan Baldana - Featuring: Juan Palomino, Oscar Núñez, Nazareno Casero, Miguel Di Lemme, Victoria Maurette, Carlos Boccardo - NC-16 - Running time: 90 minutes.

• I'VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINS (LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE). In 1972, a plane transporting a young Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes en route to Chile. Some passengers survived the crash, but the weeks they later spent on the mountain proved a much harsher ordeal. This pseudo-documentary gathers testimonies from all 16 survivors about the event that changed their lives forever. (Uruguay/ France, 2007, in Spanish) Written and directed by: Gonzalo Arijón - Pseudo-documentary - Testimonies by: Roberto Canessa, Bobby François, Roy Harley, Coche Inciarte, Carlos Páez, Nando Parrado - PG13 - Running time: 126 minutes.

• BIENVENUE CHEZ LES CH'TIS (BIENVENIDOS AL PAIS DE LA LOCURA). A comedy that broke all audience records in its native France and had Argentines in stitches as the closer film for this year’s Pantalla Pinamar film fest. The film tells the story of a mail clerk sent to a remote village in northern France, where locals talk and behave in most peculiar ways. (France, 2008, in French). Direccted by: Dany Boon - Written by: Dany Boon, Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier - Featuring: Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoé Félix, Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret, Anne Marivin, Philippe Duquesne - G - Running time: 106 minutes.

• W DELTA Z (WAZ). Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard (Angels & Demons) plays a tough cop on the hunt for a serial killer who offers his victims a choice – he either kills them or one of their loved ones. (UK, 2007, in English) Directed by: Tom Shankland - Written by: Clive Bradley - Featuring: Barbara Adair, Stellan Skarsgard, Peter Ballance, Selma Blair, Melissa George, Sally Hawkins - R - Running time: 105 minutes.

• ALLE ANDEREN  (ENTRE NOSOTROS). On the surface,  Chris and Gitti are madly in love and happily holidaying in Sardinia, but an undercurrent of secret rituals, silly habits, unfulfilled wishes and power struggles tenses up their apparent paradise. A winner at several international film festivals. (Germany, 2009, in German and Italian) Written and directed by: Maren Ade - Featuring: Birgit Minichmayr, Lars Eidinger, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Nicole Marischka, Mira Partecke, Atef Vogel - PG13 - Running time: 120 minutes.