Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Directed by Peter Greenaway

In 1931, at the height of his artistic powers, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein (Bäck) travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo (Alberti), he vulnerably experiences the ties between Eros and Thanatos, sex and death, happy to create their effects in cinema, troubled to suffer them in life. Premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, this marks a major return to form for iconic British director Peter Greenaway.

Duration:
105 minutes

Languages:
English and Spanish

Subtitles:
Partial English

Country of origin:
Belgium, France, Mexico and Netherlands

Year of production:
2015