‘The Currents’ Trailer – A Successful Woman Unravels in Milagros Mumenthaler’s Mesmerizing Psychological Drama

A woman’s life fractures in quiet, unsettling waves in The Currents, a psychological drama from director Milagros Mumenthaler.

The film centers on Lina, a successful fashion designer whose seemingly perfect world begins to unravel after a shocking incident during a work trip abroad.

Starring in the movie are Isabel Aimé González Sola alongside Esteban Bigliardi.

The film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Platform section before continuing to the San Sebastián International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and Chicago International Film Festival. The Currents is slated for its U.S. theatrical release on May 29, 2026 via Kino Lorber.

Here is the synopsis: While visiting Switzerland to accept an award for her work in the fashion industry, Argentinian designer Lina (Isabel Aimé González Sola) is seized by the sudden urge to jump off a bridge into an icy river. She survives the plunge and returns to Buenos Aires; she tells no one of the incident, yet a transformation has taken place within her. Left with a paralyzing fear of water, Lina finds it impossible to readjust to her former identity as a wife, mother, and artist. She distances herself from her husband (Esteban Bigliardi) and career, growing increasingly isolated and fragile as she confronts long-buried existential questions. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Milagros Mumenthaler, The Currents is a quietly gripping psychological mystery with dreamlike, hallucinatory threads that weave a portrait of a woman on the verge of unraveling.

In an interview, when asked, ‘How did the film The Currents come about?’, director Mumenthaler replied, “I was reading Siri Hustvedt’s The Shaking Woman, where she recounts a very particular experience: while giving a public talk at a tribute to her father, her body suddenly began to tremble with violence, but she kept speaking as if nothing was happening. She was aware that something strange was going on, but her mind would continue while her body was reacting differently. Her mind was doing one thing, but her body another. That idea remained with me for quite a long time. It’s from there that Lina’s character started to emerge—in line with what Hustvedt explored, a woman for whom there would be no definitive answer to her behavior.”

Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, critic Jon Frosch called the film “a lush, hypnotic character study.” The review noted, “its most surprising quality is its generosity, its aversion to cheap shocks, button-pushing or finger-wagging about — snore — the moral rot eating away at modern society.”

Watch the official trailer for The Currents above.