Eisenstein in Guanajuato

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.

• Peter GreenawayDirector
• Peter GreenawayScreenplay

• 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