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GÜEROS
by Alonso Ruízpalacios
Mexico 2014 106 min. original version with English subtitles
thu 20 nov 10:00 pm Murnau Filmtheater
Script: Alonso Ruizpalacios, Gibran Portela, DoP: Damian Garcia, Editor: Yibran Asuad, Ana Garcia, Production: Catatonia Cine, IMCINE/Conaculta, Producers: Ramiro Ruiz, Alonso Ruizpalacios, Gael Garcia Bernal, Cast: Tenoch Huerta, Sebastián Aguirre, Ilse Salas, Leonardo Ortizgris, Raúl Briones, Laura Almela, Adrián Ladrón, Camila Lora, Alfonso Charpener, El Oso
Unable to cope with Tomás any longer, his mother sends him to Mexico City to his brother Sombra, who lives with his colleague Santos in a run-down apartment. The two are currently striking against the strike organised by their fellow students at the university. When the three read that the famous singer Epigmenio Cruz is lying lonesome in a hospital, they set off in their old clunker. The beginning of an urban odyssey.
"The film’s social commentary unspools quietly in the background while the narrative focuses on the ennui, free-floating anxiety, and inchoate longing for meaning experienced by two or three privileged young people from the middle- to upper-middle classes (…) There’s no major dramatic climax, revelation, or emotional breakthrough (…) There’s just a good story – full of life and related with intelligence and a sense of humour." (Slant Magazine)
Biography: Born in Mexico City in 1978, Alonso Ruizpalacios studied directing in his home town and subsequently trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Since then he has worked as writer as well as director for the stage, cinema and television. His first short film CAFÉ PARAÍSO was promptly invited to numerous international film festivals where it also won awards.
Filmography: 2008 CAFÉ PARAÍSO, 2010 THE CÚ BIRD’S LAST SONG (both short films) 2014 GÜEROS
Awards (selection): Prize for Best Film within the section "Horizontes Latinos" and Youth Award (San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain 2014), Award for Best Camera (Tribeca Film Festival, USA 2014), Best First Feature Award (Berlin International Film Festival, Germany 2014), FIPRESCI Prize (Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel 2014)
Contact:
Mundial
Cristina Garza
Zacatecas 142-A, Col. Roma
CP 06700 Mexico DF
Mexico
Phone: +52 (55) 47 77 79 35 36
cristina_garza@mundialsales.com
www.mundialsales.com
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