Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

6.1IMDb Score
Released:2015-02-11
Duration:105 min
Director:Peter Greenaway
Actors:Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, José Montini, Cristina Velasco Lozano, Rasmus Slätis
Production:ZDF/Arte, Fu Works, Submarine, Paloma Negra Films, Edith Film, Potemkino, Mollywood, YLE, VPRO

Overview:

In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.

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