Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
Comedy · Romance
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.
Cast
- Elmer Bäck as Sergei Eisenstein
- Luis Alberti as Palomino Cañedo
- José Montini as Diego Rivera
- Cristina Velasco Lozano as Frida Kahlo
- Rasmus Slätis as Grisha Alexandrov
- Jakob Öhrman as Edouard Tisse
- Sara Juárez as Mercedes
- Alaín Vargas as Gideon
- Maya Zapata as Concepción Cañedo
- Gustavo Galván as Rolando