The Princess of France

After his father's death Victor comes back to Buenos Aires to reclaim the life he left behind. He reconnects with former colleagues and brings a proposal to his old theater company, a radio-play adaptation of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. As rehearsals and conversations unfold, personal histories and unspoken tensions surface, revealing how grief, ambition and youthful choices kept people apart. Victor's attempt to restart his career becomes a quiet test of loyalties and old friendships. The film moves through intimate rehearsals, offstage small talk and moments of awkward affection, focusing on the rhythms of everyday theatrical work rather than plot-driven spectacle, and memory now.

Released in 2014, The Princess of France was directed by Matías Piñeiro and draws on theatrical practice more than on a single source text. The cast includes Julián Larquier Tellarini, Agustina Muñoz, Romina Paula and María Villar, and Gabriela Saidón.

It screened at festivals and had a limited theatrical run, typical for Piñeiro's work. Box office totals aren't widely reported, and the film found most of its audience through festival screenings and art house venues in Argentina and abroad too.

Critical response tended to favor the film's casual, conversational rhythm and its focus on theatrical labor over tidy storytelling. Viewers who appreciate low-key, scene-based cinema respond to its humor and melancholic undercurrents, while others note a deliberate pacing that privileges mood and character interaction above conventional plot propulsion and tone.

Although not widely known to mainstream audiences, the film has been discussed among Argentine indie filmmakers and theater practitioners for its playful blend of Shakespearean material and everyday rehearsal scenes. It helped reinforce Piñeiro's reputation within a small international circuit interested in experimental approaches to performance and adaptation work today.