The Argentinian metaphysics in Chronicles of a Wandering Saint mix folk and colonial practices, and end up becoming wondrous. This playful fable of life and the afterlife features an ingenious and hilarious mix of Indigenous belief and Catholic practice as we follow Rita (the magnetic Monica Villa) on her journey to sainthood. What starts as a jocular story of forged statuary shockingly turns into a comedy of heavenly bureaucracy. As the divine creeps closer to the film’s center, we’re introduced to Tomas Gomez Bustillo’s bold and refreshing cinematic vision that turns film into an enchanted mirror capable of showing us our world and those beyond.