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Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes62%
Metacritic60/100
91 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter GreenawayDirector
- Peter GreenawayScreenplay
Cast
- Elmer BäckSergei Eisenstein
- Luis AlbertiPalomino Cañedo
- José MontiniDiego Rivera
- Cristina Velasco LozanoFrida Kahlo
- Rasmus SlätisGrisha Alexandrov
- Jakob ÖhrmanEdouard Tisse
- Sara JuárezMercedes
- Alaín VargasGideon
- Maya ZapataConcepción Cañedo
- Gustavo GalvánRolando
- Emiliano MoralesPascal
- Anna KnaifelPera
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Themes
mexicomovie businesssoviet unionbiographyhollywooddirectorrussian manday of the deadphotosfilm directorcloseted homosexualrepressed gay