| Director: | Michel Franco |
|---|---|
| Production: | Teorema (Michel Franco, Eréndira Núñez Larios, Cristina Velasco L.) |
| Running Time: | 83’ |
| Language: | English, Spanish |
| Country: | Mexico, France, Sweden |
| Main Cast: | Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting McMillan, Samuel Bottomley |
| Screenplay: | Michel Franco |
| Cinematographer: | Yves Cape |
| Editor: | Oscar Figueroa Jara, Michel Franco |
| Production Designer: | Claudio R. Castelli |
| Costume Designer: | Gabriela Fernández |
| Sound: | Alejandro de Icaza, Niklas Skarp |
Cinema
Sundown
Venezia 78 Competition
Synopsis
From writer-director Michel Franco comes a simmering, suspenseful sharp jolt: Alice and Neil Bennett are the core of a wealthy British family on vacation in Acapulco with younger members Colin and Alexa until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family’s tight-knit order, surprising tensions rise to the fore.
Director’s Statement
It is not a coincidence that Sundown takes place in Acapulco. It is shocking for me to witness the city where I spent childhood vacations turn to an epicenter of violence. Sundown springs from a necessity to explore a place that seems increasingly distant and foreign. This exploration of all perspectives present in Acapulco is also a character study, and a study of family dynamics. The sun occupies a primordial place; it hits always aggressively and directly. The image imperatively has to reflect two things: The characters’s emotional states and the violence prevalent in their surroundings.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION1: Michel Franco, Eréndira Núñez Larios, Cristina Velasco L. – Teorema
Blvd. Manuel Ávila Camacho Ext. 118 Int. Piso 17 - 01, Lomas de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo
11000 – Mexico City, Mexico
Tel. +52 5551063329
enunezlarios@gmail.com
WORLD SALES: Michael Weber – The Match Factory
Domstraße 60
50668 – Cologne, Germany
+49 02215397090
info@matchfactory.de
http://www.the-match-factory.com
ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION:
PRESS OFFICE: Claudia Tomassini – Claudia Tomassini and Associates
Mob. +49 1732955794
claudia@claudiatomassini.com
US PRESS OFFICE: Emilie Spiegel – Cinetic Media
emilie@cineticmedia.com
