Comedy

PROBLEMISTA

2024
1 HR, 38 min
MAY 17 → MAY 23

Details

Released March 22, 2024, United States

Comedy

1 hour, 38 minutes

A24

None

Starring

Julio Torres
Tilda Swinton
RZA
Isabella Rossellini
Larry Owens
Catalina Saavedra

Director

Julio Torres

Film Information

Alejandro (Julio Torres) is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast (Tilda Swinton) becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream. From writer/director Julio Torres comes a surreal adventure through the equally treacherous worlds of New York City and the U.S. Immigration system.

Full Cast

Julio Torres

Tilda Swinton

RZA

Isabella Rossellini

Larry Owens

Catalina Saavedra

Additional Credits

Julio Torres Director

Reviews

“An inventive, whimsical and delightfully oddball story of the immigrant experience, PROBLEMISTA marks the promising writing and directing debut of Julio Torres.”

Adam Graham

Detroit News

“What Torres nails is breathtaking, especially that midnight anxiety at the ATM, the scanning for sketchy cash jobs online and, most sneakily and warmly, a blooming connection.”

Joshua Rothkopf

Los Angeles Times

“It’s a marvelous mixture of surrealism and social satire that depicts the American dream as a nightmare of bureaucracy and phone calls to customer service. There’s nothing more absurd, the film argues, than the mundane.”

Shirley Li

The Atlantic

“This fearless, authentic debut showcases immense command of a unique and inventive form of humor, while touching on a very real issue with heart and candor.”

Aurora Amidon

Paste Magazine