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Directed by | Julio Torres |
Written by | Julio Torres |
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Cinematography | Fredrik Wenzel |
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Music by | Robert Ouyang Rusli |
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Distributed by | A24 |
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Running time | 105 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2.6 million[2][3] |
Problemista is a 2023 American surrealist comedy film written, directed, and co-produced by Julio Torres in his feature directorial debut. It stars Tilda Swinton, Torres, RZA, Greta Lee, Catalina Saavedra, James Scully, and Isabella Rossellini. The film follows a struggling aspiring toy designer from El Salvador who starts working for an erratic art-world outcast in New York City, hoping to stay in the country and realize his dream before his work visa expires.
It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 14, 2023, and was released in the United States on March 1, 2024, by A24.