VERA AND THE PLEASURE OF OTHERS
Vera y el placer de los otros

Saturday, Sept 7 at 8:00 PM
International Village, Theatre 9

Director: Romina Tamburello & Federico Actis
Argentina | 2023 | Spanish with English subtitles | 103 min | Drama, Comedy

Content Forecast: Sexually explicit content

Presented in partnership with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF)

© Vera and the Pleasure of Others, 2023

In this erotic coming-of-age comedy, Vera, a resourceful 17-year-old, steals keys from her real estate agent mother to run a secret business renting out an apartment to her classmates who need a place to get intimate for a few hours. Bored by the banal routine of high school and volleyball practice, she discovers a thrilling outlet in her side hustle as she covertly eavesdrops on her clients’ most private moments. Listening to other people’s pleasure unexpectedly allows Vera to gain an understanding of her own desires. But just as she’s starting to develop a sexual appetite of her own, Vera’s pleasure gets interrupted.

This uplifting and steamy tale of sexual awakening and teenage voyeurism is the impressive feature debut of Argentinian Writers-Directors Romina Tamburello and Federico Actis. It features a pulsating pop soundtrack and an unforgettable performance by Luciana Grasso. 

Presented in partnership with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF), and followed by a not-to-be-missed afterparty!

José Martínez Suárez Award for Best Direction, Mar del Plata International Film Festival, 2023

Critics’ Prize, D’A Film Festival Barcelona, 2024

World Premiere, First Feature Film, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, 2023


FEDERICO ACTIS 

Federico Actis is a director, screenwriter, and producer at Pez Cine. He directed the fiction short film ‘The Cable Cars’ and the documentary feature ‘The Architecture of Crime’. He has worked as a scriptwriter for cultural television at Santa Fe Signal and Encuentro Channel. Federico has also been selected to participate in the Berlinale Talent Campus. Currently, he is developing his next feature film, ‘The Men of the Plain’.

ROMINA TAMBURELLO 

Romina Tamburello is an actress, screenwriter, and director. She is the author of the plays ‘Black Eyed Women’ and ‘Jet Lag’. Additionally, she works as a scriptwriter for the fiction series ‘Round’ and as a director of the short film ‘Rage,’ which has participated in the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival. Furthermore, Romina wrote and directed the documentary series ‘Catalina, The Woman With The Flag’ for Encuentro Channel. Recently, she published her first novel, ‘The Devil’s Widow’, and is currently working as the showrunner for its television adaptation.