About the Film

Jimena travels to Río Grande, on the island of Tierra del Fuego in southernmost Argentina, to join her half-brother Mariano. She has almost no money to travel, but manages to arrive there, hoping to have a better life in the manufacturing region. The wind, the cold and the complex economic crisis form the background against in which Jimena will develop empathy for the people around her, and a feeling of belonging there, but this is also a place where she will learn to know herself better.
In The New Girl, director Micaela Gonzalo adds the theme of the self-discovery of a young woman to the familiar themes of left-wing political cinema such as solidarity and coping with hardships together. The New Girl is a debut that bears hints of the realistic political stance of Ken Loach and the Dardenne brothers.