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.
Actor: Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen, Stelio Savante, Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti
Production: Potemkino, Mollywood, Fu Works, ZDF/Arte, Paloma Negra Films, Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO), Yleisradio (YLE), Submarine, Edith Film Oy
Country: Finland, France, Mexico, Belgium, Netherlands