Lake Tahoe

The sophomore film from Fernando Eimbcke ("Duck Season") ambles along like a Mexican shaggy dog comedy in the Jim Jarmusch style. A teenager (Diego Catano) walks away from a minor car wreck (he's run into a telephone pole, perhaps on purpose) and looks for a garage in a town that seems completely deserted but for a few odd characters who keep crossing paths. But there's an undercurrent of grief and confusion that slowly emerges, turning his aimless wanderings into a kind of search. Or maybe an escape. In Spanish with English subtitles. Also features the short film "Noodles" from France.