Two young Argentines, brought together by chance, wander the streets of New York City, increasingly lost in a maze of currency exchange, translation problems, religious vocation and nocturnal flirtation.
Direction
Co-directors capture NYC's alien intimacy with dreamy precision.
Cinematography
Neon-drenched 16mm makes midnight Manhattan feel like a memory.
Writing
Dialogue dances between Spanish and broken English—poetry in misunderstanding.
Director
Agostina Gálvez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Co-directors Gálvez and Lezama are partners in life and film; this was their thesis project at NYU and won the Spike Lee Fellowship.
The film quietly interrogates the 'exchange' of the title—currency, language, bodies, faith—trading something for connection in a city built on transaction.
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