The Delights

A beautifully filmed coming-of-age tale that lets the minutiae of young life unfold against a backdrop of verdant Argentine countryside, observing life for the young students at Las Delicias agrotechnical boarding school.

With gentle attention, Eduardo Crespo’s camera follows the everyday dramas of growing up – a mobile phone goes missing and the culprit is staying quiet, a lost pigeon is found and tended to, a muddy field invites a wheelbarrow drag race.

The Delights is a beautifully filmed coming-of-age tale that lets the minutiae of young life unfold against a backdrop of ramshackle countryside and free-roaming animals – but what did happen to that missing phone?