Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

105 mins | Comedy, Romance | Feb. 11, 2015

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.

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

105 mins | Comedy, Romance | Feb. 11, 2015

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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Yle, VPRO, ZDF/Arte, Fu Works, Mollywood, Edith Film Oy, Potemkino, Submarine, Paloma Negra Films
Original title Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Directors Arturo R. Jiménez, Peter Greenaway
Writers Peter Greenaway

Cast

Elmer Bäck

as Sergei Eisenstein

Luis Alberti

as Palomino Cañedo

Rasmus Slätis

as Grisha Alexandrov

Jakob Öhrman

as Edouard Tisse

Maya Zapata

as Concepción Cañedo

Lisa Owen

as Mary Craig Sinclair

Stelio Savante

as Hunter S. Kimbrough