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The imaginative, New York-centric world of “Problemista,” Julio Torres’ feature directing debut, is a celebration of eccentric characters who are drawn to problematic situations. But none exemplify the film’s raison d’etre more than its protagonists, Alejandro and Elizabeth, who are played by Torres and Tilda Swinton.
But when we realized that she didn’t have to be American, she could come from anywhere, it was like growing cress on a flannel: I was able to grow some mold of my own.” From the offset, Elizabeth is a whirlwind of scathing one-liners, snap judgments and problematic behaviors. Between terrorizing wait staff and rattling off an endless list of demands, she thoughtlessly lobs comments in Alejandro’s direction, like, “Who else is vegan? Bill Gates? Someone awful.
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