Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Feb 11 2015
•2h 45m
•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.
Cast
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Elmer Bäck
Sergei Eisenstein
Luis Alberti
Palomino Cañedo
José Montini
Diego Rivera
Cristina Velasco Lozano
Frida Kahlo
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