The Currents (Spanish: Las corrientes) is a 2025 psychological drama film written and directed by Milagros Mumenthaler starring Isabel Aimé González Sola. It is a Swiss-Argentine co-production.

The Currents
Theatrical release poster
SpanishLas corrientes
Directed byMilagros Mumenthaler
Written byMilagros Mumenthaler
Produced by
  • Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • Violeta Bava
  • Rosa Martínez Rivero
  • David Epiney
Starring
  • Isabel Aimé González Sola
  • Esteban Bigliardi
  • Ernestina Gatti
  • Jazmín Carballo
  • Emma Fayo Duarte
  • Patricia Mouzo
  • Susana Saulquin
CinematographyGabriel Sandru
Edited byGion-Reto Killias
Production
companies
  • Alina Film
  • Ruda Cine
Distributed byCinetren
Release dates
  • September 2025 (2025-09) (TIFF)
  • 13 November 2025 (2025-11-13) (Argentina)
Countries
  • Switzerland
  • Argentina
LanguageSpanish
Box office$42,345[1]

Plot

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The plot tracks the plight of stylist Lina, who returns to Argentina from Switzerland on a sudden urge.[2]

Cast

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  • Isabel Aimé González Sola as Lina[3]
  • Esteban Bigliardi [es] as Pedro[3]
  • Emma Fayo Duarte as Sofia[3]
  • Jazmín Carballo as Amalia[3]
  • Ernestina Gatti as Julia[3]
  • Claudia Sánchez[4]
  • Patricia Mouzo[4]
  • Susana Saulquin[4]

Production

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The Currents is a Swiss-Argentine co-production by Alina Film and Ruda Cine.[3]

Release

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Paris-based outfit Luxbox acquired international sales rights on the film ahead of its premiere.[5] The Currents had its world premiere in the Platform section of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025.[3] For its European premiere,[6] it was presented on 23 September 2025 in the official selection of the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival.[7] Its festival run also included selections for screenings at the 63rd New York Film Festival (for its U.S. premiere)[8] and the 61st Chicago International Film Festival.[9]

The film was sold in France (to Dulac Distribution).[10]

It is expected to be released theatrically in Argentina on 13 November 2025 by Cinetren.[11][12]

Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 28 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[13] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film holds a score of 80/100 based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[14]

Jon Frosch of The Hollywood Reporter deemed the film to be "a lush, hypnotic character study".[15]

Guy Lodge of Variety wrote that the film is "elevated by its meticulous, silkily textured formal construction".[4]

William Repass of Slant Magazine rated the film out of 4 stars, assessing that the picture offers a "view of mental illness as a sensitivity not wholly pathological, but rather capable of reframing and refreshing the world".[16]

Olivia Popp of Cineuropa singled out the film's "dedication to emphasising, in an unexpected way, how generational trauma manifests itself" as its strongest thematic throughline.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. "The Currents (2026)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 26 June 2026.Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Lodderhose, Diana (5 September 2025). "'The Currents': Watch Trailer From Milagros Mumenthaler's TIFF & San Sebastian Competition Title". Deadline Hollywood.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Popp, Olivia (11 September 2025). "Review: The Currents". Cineuropa.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Lodge, Guy (26 September 2025). "'The Currents' Review: An Elegant, Elusive Argentine Character Study That Doesn't Mind Leaving Its Audience Adrift". Variety.
  5. Sales Ross, Rafa (22 July 2025). "Luxbox Acquires Milagros Mumenthaler's Toronto Platform Competition Title 'The Currents' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  6. Montesoro, Julia (29 September 2025). "Milagros Mumenthaler, premiada en el Festival de San Sebastián por «Las corrientes»: «Me gusta desarrollar los personajes por lo que ocultan en su interior»". GPS Audiovisual.
  7. "La argentina Milagros Mumenthaler habla de salud mental y apariencias en 'Las corrientes'". swissinfo.ch. 23 September 2025.
  8. "Martel, Mendonça Filho, and Mumenthaler Join New York Film Festival's 2025 Main Slate". Cinema Tropical.
  9. Kay, Jeremy (10 September 2025). "'Sound Of Falling', 'Sirât', 'La Grazia' among Chicago international competition picks". ScreenDaily.
  10. De La Fuente, Anna Marie (25 August 2025). "Dulac Distribution Nabs French Rights to Toronto, San Sebastián Competition Title 'The Currents' From Luxbox Films (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  11. ""Las corrientes" tendrá su estreno mundial en Toronto y luego competirá en San Sebastián". Infobae. 4 September 2025.
  12. Lavizzari, Agustina (5 September 2025). ""Las corrientes", el film protagonizado por la mendocina Isabel Aimé González Solá, se estrenará en el Festival de Toronto". Diario Mendoza.
  13. "The Currents". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  14. "The Currents Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  15. Frosch, Jon. "'The Currents' Review: A Woman Who Has Everything Comes Undone in a Lusciously Crafted Argentinian Spellbinder". The Hollywood Reporter.
  16. Repass, William (23 September 2025). "'The Currents' Review: Milagros Mumenthaler's Mesmerizing Portrait of Estrangement". Slant Magazine.
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