Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Release date: 2015-02-11
Runtime: 105
Country: Belgium, Finland, France, Mexico, Netherlands
Budget: 2,472,000

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.

Director: Peter Greenaway

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Cast: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, José Montini, Cristina Velasco Lozano, Rasmus Slätis, Jakob Öhrman, Sara Juárez, Alaín Vargas, Maya Zapata, Gustavo Galván