The Currents
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During a business trip to Geneva, Lina's impulsive decision leads to perilous consequences. Back in Buenos Aires, she tries to bury her secret, but the dark past she left behind resurfaces to threaten her current life.
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Director Milagros Mumenthaler's 'The Currents' divides audiences with its hypnotic opening and stunning visuals, but many find themselves lost in its deliberately drifting narrative. While Isabel Aimé González-Sola's haunting performance and a universally praised lighthouse sequence captivate viewers, the film's surreal final act triggers significant walkouts and leaves audiences admiring the craft more than connecting emotionally.
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- Nov 9, 2025
“It’s like you never came back.” Eerie and alienating stuff, first act is really good with an opening that’s incredible and short on dialogue but the more it goes on the more it kinda loses itself a little. Hypnotic at times, the quiet rhythm, the patient camera, the way…
BrunoOct 1, 2025starts off extremely promising (including fantastic opening titles), then goes on being too predictable for a while, just to shift into an incoherently floating journey close to surrealism, visibly disconnecting the audience (massive amount of walkouts at this point). as…
shookoneSep 8, 2025The lighthouse sequence is as thrilling as anything I’ve seen at the fest. Slightly frustrated by the final minutes, which feel out of character—for the heroine and the film—otherwise, this is some strong, confident filmmaking, like Tsai’s The River by way of Jean-Claude…
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The opening is fantastic. A woman accepts a prestigious award, wanders through Geneva, and ends up in the freezing water below a bridge. What exactly is going on here? It's an immediately intriguing mystery and a gripping start that made me feel like I was in for something…
Kim LangvandsbråtenMay 30, 2026“I also like the idea of the two nationalities, living in two different countries. In a way, it means that you don’t belong to either of the two places fully. It’s like you’re straddling these two countries. I think this notion somewhat indirectly informed our casting…
Brandon StreussnigJun 3, 2026"I don’t know if I’d say I want people to take something specific away, but I do think cinema should be a place for reflection or for carrying something with you afterward. Not necessarily forever, but at least for a little while, leaving you, as a viewer, asking yourself…
Marya E. Gates - May 28, 2026
Film Independent Screener #5 Such a weird coincidence. I had literally just watched Murder in the Building three weeks ago at SIFF, which ended up being my favorite film of the festival. So I was surprised when Isabel Aimé González-Sola suddenly popped up again in this…
Keith 📽🎬🍿Oct 10, 2025This lacked so much of the freakery it could've had. Freak fumbled
smingOct 20, 2025As someone who disassociates and/or daydreams often I felt very seen by this film ChiFilmFest #19
Marya E. Gates
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Metacritic
Nov 5, 2025
The Currents never comes off as derivative. The elegance and, especially, empathy with which Mumenthaler captures the gaping chasm between how we present and who we are give the film a voluptuous pull all its own.
Jon Frosch
The Hollywood Reporter
Nov 5, 2025
This is impressively composed, searching high-art cinema, elevated by its meticulous, silkily textured formal construction
Guy Lodge
Variety
Nov 5, 2025
Mumenthaler’s screenplay works best when it lives and breathes in the ambiguities of Lina’s malaise and dissatisfaction, and how she balances it with her responsibilities as an entrepreneur, wife, and devoted mother. Splitting the difference between its more lyrical touches with more straightforward storytelling saps some of the power out of the film.
Kevin Jagernauth
The Film Verdict
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When does The Currents come out in theaters?
May 29, 2026 is the release date.
How long is The Currents (2026)?
The movie is 1hr 44min long.
What's The Currents (2026) about?
During a business trip to Geneva, Lina's impulsive decision leads to perilous consequences. Back in Buenos Aires, she tries to bury her secret, but the dark past she left behind resurfaces to threaten her current life.
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