Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015 · 1h 45m · UNRATED
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Peter Greenaway
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.
Director and cast
- Peter Greenaway Director
- Elmer Bäck as Sergei Eisenstein
- Luis Alberti as Palomino Cañedo
- José Montini as Diego Rivera
- Cristina Velasco Lozano as Frida Kahlo
- Rasmus Slätis as Grisha Alexandrov
- Jakob Öhrman as Edouard Tisse
- Sara Juárez as Mercedes
- Alaín Vargas as Gideon
- Maya Zapata as Concepción Cañedo
- Gustavo Galván as Rolando
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