Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Feb 11, 2015

1h 45m

★ 6.2

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

ZDF/Arte

Fu Works

Submarine

Paloma Negra Films

Edith Film

Potemkino

Mollywood

YLE

VPRO

Eisenstein in Guanajuato Trailers

Cast

Sergei Eisenstein

Elmer Bäck

Palomino Cañedo

Luis Alberti

Diego Rivera

José Montini

Frida Kahlo

Cristina Velasco Lozano

Grisha Alexandrov

Rasmus Slätis

Edouard Tisse

Jakob Öhrman

Mercedes

Sara Juárez

Gideon

Alaín Vargas

Concepción Cañedo

Maya Zapata

Rolando

Gustavo Galván

Pascal

Emiliano Morales

Pera

Anna Knaifel

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