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Eisenstein in Guanajuato
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Eisenstein in Guanajuato

2015-02-11 · 105 min · ★ 6.1

Comedy · Romance

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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Directors
Peter Greenaway
Production companies
ZDF/Arte, Fu Works, Submarine, Paloma Negra Films, Edith Film, Potemkino, Mollywood, YLE, VPRO
Countries
Belgium, Finland, France, Mexico, Netherlands
Status
Released

Top Cast

Elmer BäckElmer BäckSergei Eisenstein
Luis AlbertiLuis AlbertiPalomino Cañedo
José MontiniDiego Rivera
Cristina Velasco LozanoFrida Kahlo
Rasmus SlätisGrisha Alexandrov
Jakob ÖhrmanJakob ÖhrmanEdouard Tisse
Sara JuárezMercedes
Alaín VargasGideon
Maya ZapataMaya ZapataConcepción Cañedo
Gustavo GalvánRolando
Emiliano MoralesPascal
Anna KnaifelPera
Alenka RíosAlenka RíosAlba
Lisa OwenLisa OwenMary Craig Sinclair
Stelio SavanteStelio SavanteHunter S. Kimbrough
César FonsecaBodyguard 1
Paris SantibánezBodyguard 2
Idalí SotoRespectable Woman
Cristina GilésWhore
Diego GálvezBlackmailer 1

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