Exclusive: Vmi Releasing, the North American distribution arm of Vmi Worldwide, has picked up North American rights to Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba’s latest pic Haunted Heart, starring Matt Dillon.
Vmi acquired the pic from Film Constellation. Oscar-winner Trueba directs the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rylend Grant. Starring alongside Dillon are Goya-nominated Aida Folch (The Artist and the Model) and Juan Pablo Urrego (Memoria).
Set on a beautiful remote island in Greece, a young and spirited Alex (Folch) joins the team of a boutique seaside restaurant as their new waitress. Despite her femme-fatale charm quickly winning the heart of the charismatic Enrico, she instead falls for the enigmatic restaurant manager Max (Dillon), a reclusive American, who settled on the island decades ago. As the seasons pass, sexual tensions rise, and tourists come and go, Enrico begins to unearth disturbing clues about Max’s dark and mysterious past.
Vmi acquired the pic from Film Constellation. Oscar-winner Trueba directs the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rylend Grant. Starring alongside Dillon are Goya-nominated Aida Folch (The Artist and the Model) and Juan Pablo Urrego (Memoria).
Set on a beautiful remote island in Greece, a young and spirited Alex (Folch) joins the team of a boutique seaside restaurant as their new waitress. Despite her femme-fatale charm quickly winning the heart of the charismatic Enrico, she instead falls for the enigmatic restaurant manager Max (Dillon), a reclusive American, who settled on the island decades ago. As the seasons pass, sexual tensions rise, and tourists come and go, Enrico begins to unearth disturbing clues about Max’s dark and mysterious past.
- 5/14/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TiDF) is underway in the historic Greek port city, after an opening night ceremony that honored Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba.
Trueba, the Oscar-winning director of Belle Époque, received the festival’s honorary Golden Alexander, recognizing his contributions to cinema and culture. The honor was presented to him by Katerina Sakellaropoulou, president of Hellenic Republic, the first time a Greek head of state has launched the international event.
“Great documentaries profoundly move us, broaden our understanding of the world, challenge our beliefs, prejudices, or our established assumptions,” President Sakellaropoulou said from the stage at the Olympion cinema. “An artistic portrayal of reality, or a creative handling of an otherwise unseen aspect of it, a poetic depiction of a documented truth, or a subjective documentation of some of its dimensions, documentary is a film genre requiring cultural sensitivity, journalistic integrity, moral rectitude, conceptual purity, and political discernment.
Trueba, the Oscar-winning director of Belle Époque, received the festival’s honorary Golden Alexander, recognizing his contributions to cinema and culture. The honor was presented to him by Katerina Sakellaropoulou, president of Hellenic Republic, the first time a Greek head of state has launched the international event.
“Great documentaries profoundly move us, broaden our understanding of the world, challenge our beliefs, prejudices, or our established assumptions,” President Sakellaropoulou said from the stage at the Olympion cinema. “An artistic portrayal of reality, or a creative handling of an otherwise unseen aspect of it, a poetic depiction of a documented truth, or a subjective documentation of some of its dimensions, documentary is a film genre requiring cultural sensitivity, journalistic integrity, moral rectitude, conceptual purity, and political discernment.
- 3/8/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
In what marks the most ambitious film from Peru’s leading producer Tondero and, most likely, Peruvian cinema in recent times, Pedro Almodóvar’s El Deseo, Infinity Hill (“Argentina 1985”) and Tondero have joined forces to co-produce a drama based on the hostage crisis that took place at the Japanese embassy in Lima in 1996.
El Deseo executive producer Esther Garcia and Infinity Hill co-founder/chief creative officer Axel Kuschevatzky were in Lima to attend Tondero’s 15th anniversary festivities and for Garcia to receive a tribute from the ongoing 27th Lima Film Festival, which runs Aug. 10-18.
The still-untitled project has been co-written by Spain’s Alicia Luna and Peru’s Santiago Roncagliolio, Patricia Romero and Lima Film Fest artistic director Josué Mendez who together spent some four years delving into the facts behind the crisis that drew massive international attention at the time.
The incident spawned several works in literature and film.
El Deseo executive producer Esther Garcia and Infinity Hill co-founder/chief creative officer Axel Kuschevatzky were in Lima to attend Tondero’s 15th anniversary festivities and for Garcia to receive a tribute from the ongoing 27th Lima Film Festival, which runs Aug. 10-18.
The still-untitled project has been co-written by Spain’s Alicia Luna and Peru’s Santiago Roncagliolio, Patricia Romero and Lima Film Fest artistic director Josué Mendez who together spent some four years delving into the facts behind the crisis that drew massive international attention at the time.
The incident spawned several works in literature and film.
- 8/13/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
If you were born as a human, it doesn’t take you long to realize that nothing in this world comes for free except two things. The air you breathe and the refreshing rain that brings relief to the scorched lands and parched throats. But what if this purifying rain was a toxic sludge that burned the innards of anyone who tried drinking it because the other sources of clean water are gone? Notable Colombian author Mario Mendoza’s story, adapted for Amazon Prime, The Initiated, tells a tale about a dystopia where freshwater is history, and the rain is acid. The condition of the people of the city is like a castaway afloat on a raft amidst a vast sea, and he’s dying of thirst, but he can’t drink the water all around him.
That’s not all; the bourgeoisie of the city, who can bring about change,...
That’s not all; the bourgeoisie of the city, who can bring about change,...
- 7/7/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
Los iniciados, a movie based on the novels by Colombian writer Mario Mendoza, directed by Juan Felipe Orozco, starring Andrés Parra and Aria Jara.
Based on the novels by Colombian writer Mario Mendoza and on the character of detective Frank Molina, the filming of Los Initiados took place in Bogotá. In the saga of Frank Molina, which uses the books Lady Massacre, La melancolia de los feos, El diario del fin del mundo and Akelarre, the story of an alcoholic private investigator who unmasks sinister plots within the underworld of Bogotá is told.
Release date
July 7, 2023
Where to Watch Los iniciados
Amazon Prime Video
The Cast Andrés Parra/Frank Molina Jorge Cao/Augusto Pombo Juan Pablo Urrego/Ignacio Pombo Francisco Denis/Padre Lazaro
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Based on the novels by Colombian writer Mario Mendoza and on the character of detective Frank Molina, the filming of Los Initiados took place in Bogotá. In the saga of Frank Molina, which uses the books Lady Massacre, La melancolia de los feos, El diario del fin del mundo and Akelarre, the story of an alcoholic private investigator who unmasks sinister plots within the underworld of Bogotá is told.
Release date
July 7, 2023
Where to Watch Los iniciados
Amazon Prime Video
The Cast Andrés Parra/Frank Molina Jorge Cao/Augusto Pombo Juan Pablo Urrego/Ignacio Pombo Francisco Denis/Padre Lazaro
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- 6/22/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Tilda Swinton is a florist attuned to surreal frequencies of the Amazon in Thai film-maker Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s slowly beautiful and mysterious English-language debut
50 best films of 2022 in the UKMore on the best culture of 2022
A woman awakes to an eerie cacophony of car alarms apparently triggered by a loud boom. Is it gunfire, or a break-in? Where are we? And who is the woman who inhabits this supremely dislocated world? The simple answer is that she is Jessica, a market gardener who grows orchids in the Colombian city of Medellín but is currently in Bogotá to be at her sister’s hospital bedside, from which she views the mountainous countryside through a crack in the curtains. But nothing is as it seems in this slow-drawing film from Thai artist and film-maker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, which spools out like one of the auditory hallucinations from which Tilda Swinton’s scrupulously introverted Jessica suffers.
50 best films of 2022 in the UKMore on the best culture of 2022
A woman awakes to an eerie cacophony of car alarms apparently triggered by a loud boom. Is it gunfire, or a break-in? Where are we? And who is the woman who inhabits this supremely dislocated world? The simple answer is that she is Jessica, a market gardener who grows orchids in the Colombian city of Medellín but is currently in Bogotá to be at her sister’s hospital bedside, from which she views the mountainous countryside through a crack in the curtains. But nothing is as it seems in this slow-drawing film from Thai artist and film-maker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, which spools out like one of the auditory hallucinations from which Tilda Swinton’s scrupulously introverted Jessica suffers.
- 12/13/2022
- by Claire Armitstead
- The Guardian - Film News
Widely translated since its initial publication 16 years ago, Colombian novelist Hector Abad Faciolince’s “Oblivion: A Memoir” was an acclaimed reminiscence of his father Hector Abad Gomez. That crusading academic’s public criticism of institutionalized inequities led to his 1987 murder by paramilitary assassins. Retitled “Memories of My Father” for a belated U.S. release, veteran Spanish director Fernando Trueba’s screen version plays to his own familiar strengths, creating what’s primarily a nostalgic flashback to the author’s boisterous family life in 1970s Medellin.
The sharp political divisions and dangerous climate for dissent that ultimately claimed Gomez’s life become a somewhat vague backdrop in this warm-and-fuzzy approach. It does not make for the most penetrating history lesson. Still, those seeking a pleasantly expansive, somewhat old-school dose of laughter and tears — one not so distant from the director’s Oscar-winning “Belle Epoque” three decades ago — will enjoy this handsomely produced tale.
The sharp political divisions and dangerous climate for dissent that ultimately claimed Gomez’s life become a somewhat vague backdrop in this warm-and-fuzzy approach. It does not make for the most penetrating history lesson. Still, those seeking a pleasantly expansive, somewhat old-school dose of laughter and tears — one not so distant from the director’s Oscar-winning “Belle Epoque” three decades ago — will enjoy this handsomely produced tale.
- 11/18/2022
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
For his new yet familiarly expansive contemplation of life’s transitions and the dynamics of love, Spanish director Fernando Trueba (“Belle Epoque”) introduces a simple but effective visual proposition that toys with the way we conventionally understand time in cinema.
In “Memories of My Father,” adapted from Colombian author Héctor Abad Faciolince’s autobiographical novel “Forgotten We Will Be” (El olvido que seremos), the past, set during the early 1970s, is presented in color, while the story’s present, 1983, appears in black-and-white. Bygone days, evidently, were the happiest and brightest for the central family.
Adored by students and locals in the city of Medellín, doctor and professor Héctor Abad Gómez, played by seasoned Spanish actor Javier Cámara (“Talk to Her”), walks tall as a beacon of disinterested kindness and dedication to the collective well-being. His wife Cecilia (Patricia Tamayo), however, wishes he cared more about their financial stability.
Through the...
In “Memories of My Father,” adapted from Colombian author Héctor Abad Faciolince’s autobiographical novel “Forgotten We Will Be” (El olvido que seremos), the past, set during the early 1970s, is presented in color, while the story’s present, 1983, appears in black-and-white. Bygone days, evidently, were the happiest and brightest for the central family.
Adored by students and locals in the city of Medellín, doctor and professor Héctor Abad Gómez, played by seasoned Spanish actor Javier Cámara (“Talk to Her”), walks tall as a beacon of disinterested kindness and dedication to the collective well-being. His wife Cecilia (Patricia Tamayo), however, wishes he cared more about their financial stability.
Through the...
- 11/16/2022
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
A bracingly affectionate biopic that compels despite (and because) of its unapologetic sentimentality, Fernando Trueba’s “Memories of My Father” pays loving tribute to someone who took comfort in the knowledge that he would be forgotten. His name was Héctor Abad Gómez, a medical doctor and university professor in Medellín who founded the Colombian National School of Public Health. He cared so deeply about the public health of his country’s poorest souls — to the great agitation of right-wing paramilitary groups — that it was as if he’d taken the Hippocratic Oath as his own personal eucharist.
Adapted from a popular memoir by the late doctor’s son, . It’s a story filtered through the eyes of a grieving son in complete awe of his father, one told with enough warmth and detail that it could be easy to forget its memories don’t belong to the filmmaker himself.
That...
Adapted from a popular memoir by the late doctor’s son, . It’s a story filtered through the eyes of a grieving son in complete awe of his father, one told with enough warmth and detail that it could be easy to forget its memories don’t belong to the filmmaker himself.
That...
- 11/16/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Fernando Trueba, director of the Oscar-winning Belle Époque and, more recently, The Queen of Spain, The Artist and the Model, and Chico & Rita, is back this year with the U.S. release of Memories of My Father. Set for a release on November 16—alongside the Quad Cinema’s retrospective “The Ages of Trueba: From Opera Prima to Memories of My Father,” taking place Nov. 14-17—we’re pleased to exclusively debut a new poster and clip from the acclaimed drama.
Based on Héctor Abad Faciolince’s book Oblivion. A Memoir, the film dramatizes the true story of Héctor Abad Gómez (Javier Cámara), a renowned Colombian doctor and human-rights activist in Medellín during the violent 1970s. Driven by sadness and rage after cancer takes the life of one of his daughters, he devotes himself to social and political causes without regard to his personal safety.
Also starring Whit Stillman, Patricia Tamayo,...
Based on Héctor Abad Faciolince’s book Oblivion. A Memoir, the film dramatizes the true story of Héctor Abad Gómez (Javier Cámara), a renowned Colombian doctor and human-rights activist in Medellín during the violent 1970s. Driven by sadness and rage after cancer takes the life of one of his daughters, he devotes himself to social and political causes without regard to his personal safety.
Also starring Whit Stillman, Patricia Tamayo,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
London and Paris-based production, finance and sales outfit Film Constellation has inked a first raft of pre-sales on romantic thriller “Haunted Heart” by Academy Award-winning director Fernando Trueba (“Belle Époque”), and starring Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon (“Crash”).
The film sold in Latin America (California Filmes), Italy (Plaion), Greece and Turkey (Tanweer) and Cis (Nashe Kino). Film Constellation has unveiled the first still from the film, and will be introducing a teaser promo to buyers during the American Film Market this week.
The English-language film, also starring Aida Folch (“The Artist and the Model”) and Juan Pablo Urrego (“Memoria”), is shooting in Greece.
The film is set on a remote island in Greece, where Alex joins the team of a boutique seaside restaurant as their new waitress. Despite her femme-fatale charm quickly winning the heart of the charismatic Enrico, she instead falls for the enigmatic restaurant manager Max, a reclusive American,...
The film sold in Latin America (California Filmes), Italy (Plaion), Greece and Turkey (Tanweer) and Cis (Nashe Kino). Film Constellation has unveiled the first still from the film, and will be introducing a teaser promo to buyers during the American Film Market this week.
The English-language film, also starring Aida Folch (“The Artist and the Model”) and Juan Pablo Urrego (“Memoria”), is shooting in Greece.
The film is set on a remote island in Greece, where Alex joins the team of a boutique seaside restaurant as their new waitress. Despite her femme-fatale charm quickly winning the heart of the charismatic Enrico, she instead falls for the enigmatic restaurant manager Max, a reclusive American,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
"This is a country riddled with violence, but we cannot be afraid." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for a new mini-series from Colombia titled The Final Score, also known as Goles en Contra. Based on the Andrés Escobar murder case of 1994 after the World Cup, this series explores the complex link between pro soccer (fútbol) and drug cartels during the ’80s and ’90s in Colombia. The complicated relationship of several of the Colombian national team players with drug trafficking, one that culminated in the own goal and murder of one of the most beloved defenders in the world. "The difficult decisions that our idols had to face match after match, as they fall apart amid a violent nightmare. But, above all, it's about the dream of a country and a team that will be remembered forever." Starring John Alex Castillo as Francisco Maturana, Juan Pablo Urrego as Andrés Escobar,...
- 10/27/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Life isn't worth much in this country." Cohen Media Group has debuted a new official US trailer for a Colombian film titled Memories of My Father, made by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba. This was originally selected for Cannes in 2020, but eventually premiered at the 2020 San Sebastián Film Festival a few years back. The life of Héctor Abad Gómez, one of Colombia's most beloved national figures, is beautifully dramatized by filmmaker Fernando Trueba, the director of the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque. Set in the 1970s during a violent time in Colombia's history, an author recalls his time with his father, a university medical professor who fought against oppression and social inequality; plus the circumstances of his murder by Colombian paramilitaries. Winner of Best Iberoamerican Film at the Goya Awards (2021), Memories of My Father is based on the best-seller Oblivion: A Memoir by renowned auteur Héctor Abad Faciolince. Starring Javier Cámara, Nicolás Reyes Cano,...
- 9/26/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Starring Tilda Swinton, "Memoria" is the movie you might have heard about that was originally slated for a never-ending theatrical release. The plot, which takes a backseat at times to the unfettered stillness of slow cinema, concerns a Scottish ex-pat named Jessica who begins hearing a mysterious sound no one else can hear in the jungles of Colombia. In 2021, the movie shared the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, where Thai writer-director Apichatpong Weerasethakul had previously won the Palme d'Or for his surreal 2010 drama "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives."
It's worth talking upfront about the film's unique release strategy because "Memoria" is a movie that you might need to do a bit of planning to see. Neon announced late last year that it would "only ever be available in cinemas," seemingly in a bid to get moviegoers actually going to the movies again and have them...
It's worth talking upfront about the film's unique release strategy because "Memoria" is a movie that you might need to do a bit of planning to see. Neon announced late last year that it would "only ever be available in cinemas," seemingly in a bid to get moviegoers actually going to the movies again and have them...
- 9/19/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Production, finance and sales company Film Constellation has boarded sales on the upcoming romantic thriller “Haunted Heart” by Academy Award winning director Fernando Trueba.
The film stars Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon (“The House That Jack Built”), Goya-nominated Aida Folch (“The Artist and the Model”), and Juan Pablo Urrego (“Memoria”). The English-language film is set to start shooting in Greece in September.
The film is set on a beautiful remote island in Greece, where young and spirited Alex joins the team of a boutique seaside restaurant as their new waitress. Despite her femme-fatale charm quickly winning the heart of the charismatic Enrico, she instead falls for the enigmatic restaurant manager Max, a reclusive American, who settled on the island decades ago.
As the seasons pass, sexual tensions rise, and tourists come and go, Enrico begins to unearth disturbing clues about Max’s dark and mysterious past. Blinded by her feelings,...
The film stars Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon (“The House That Jack Built”), Goya-nominated Aida Folch (“The Artist and the Model”), and Juan Pablo Urrego (“Memoria”). The English-language film is set to start shooting in Greece in September.
The film is set on a beautiful remote island in Greece, where young and spirited Alex joins the team of a boutique seaside restaurant as their new waitress. Despite her femme-fatale charm quickly winning the heart of the charismatic Enrico, she instead falls for the enigmatic restaurant manager Max, a reclusive American, who settled on the island decades ago.
As the seasons pass, sexual tensions rise, and tourists come and go, Enrico begins to unearth disturbing clues about Max’s dark and mysterious past. Blinded by her feelings,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Ever since his Palme d’Or victory with “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” in 2010, Thai filmmaker Apichatapong Weerasethakul is somewhat of a star player in Cannes Film Festival line-up. With his foreign-language debut “Memoria”, he has achieved success, Jury Prize, at this year’s edition of the festival.
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It is a bit corny to start a film review with William Faukner’s quote about the nature of the past, how it is not dead and maybe not even past, but here it can serve as nice introduction. The same kind of thinking, but with some of the theoretical scientific proof could be told for the nature of the sound. It does not die out, it just infinitely tones down to fall out of the limits of our perception. If we use some deductive thinking on this subject, we can realize that every...
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It is a bit corny to start a film review with William Faukner’s quote about the nature of the past, how it is not dead and maybe not even past, but here it can serve as nice introduction. The same kind of thinking, but with some of the theoretical scientific proof could be told for the nature of the sound. It does not die out, it just infinitely tones down to fall out of the limits of our perception. If we use some deductive thinking on this subject, we can realize that every...
- 6/29/2022
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
"In here, time stops." It has begun! Neon has revealed a teaser for Memoria, the latest film from acclaimed Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, best known for Tropical Malady, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Mekong Hotel, and many others. This premiered to rave reviews at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. A woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance. The director explains his idea: "While researching, I often heard a loud noise at dawn. I imagine the mountains [in Colombia] as an expression of people's remembrances through centuries. The massive sierras, with their creases and creeks, are like the folds of the brain, or the curves of sound waves." Tilda Swinton stars with a cast including Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, and Agnes Brekke. Neon announced that instead of releasing this on DVD, they...
- 3/11/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Memoria Neon Reviewed for Shockya.com by Abe Friedtanzer Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Writer: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Cast: Tilda Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Elkin Díaz, Juan Pablo Urrego, Daniel Giménez Cacho Screened at: Montclair Film Festival, NJ, 10/30/21 Opens: December 26th, 2021 It is often easy to tell that there is something wrong with someone, but not to diagnose […]
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- 12/26/2021
- by Abe Friedtanzer
- ShockYa
Los Angeles-based Spanish-language streamer Pantaya has announced that its new thriller series “MalaYerba,” co-produced with Colombia’s Dynamo and Sony Pictures Television (Spt), will launch on Oct. 14 exclusively on the platform in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The streamer has also released a first-look teaser image for the show.
Dynamo executive producer Natalia Echeverri co-created the series with director Andrés Beltrán and screenwriter Esteban Orozco. Beltrán is joined by Salomón Simhon (“Detective Marañón”) as co-director. The series is co-produced by Pantaya, Sony Pictures Television and Dynamo, with Spt handling global distribution.
In “MalaYerba,” a popular Colombian slang for marijuana, Félix, Mariana and Ignacio, three young ambitious business professionals in Colombia, are excited to get in on the ground for of a potentially lucrative industry after the legalization of medical marijuana. With all the necessary resources: Mariana the land, Ignacio the connections and Félix with his own unique strand, the trio establishes their own company,...
Dynamo executive producer Natalia Echeverri co-created the series with director Andrés Beltrán and screenwriter Esteban Orozco. Beltrán is joined by Salomón Simhon (“Detective Marañón”) as co-director. The series is co-produced by Pantaya, Sony Pictures Television and Dynamo, with Spt handling global distribution.
In “MalaYerba,” a popular Colombian slang for marijuana, Félix, Mariana and Ignacio, three young ambitious business professionals in Colombia, are excited to get in on the ground for of a potentially lucrative industry after the legalization of medical marijuana. With all the necessary resources: Mariana the land, Ignacio the connections and Félix with his own unique strand, the trio establishes their own company,...
- 9/13/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Ever since his Palme d’Or victory with “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” in 2010, Thai filmmaker Apichatapong Weerasethakul is somewhat of a star player in Cannes Film Festival line-up. With his foreign-language debut “Memoria”, he has achieved success, Jury Prize, at this year’s edition of the festival. We were lucky to catch it at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it played in the Horizons programme segment.
It is a bit corny to start a film review with William Faukner’s quote about the nature of the past, how it is not dead and maybe not even past, but here it can serve as nice introduction. The same kind of thinking, but with some of the theoretical scientific proof could be told for the nature of the sound. It does not die out, it just infinitely tones down to fall out of the limits of our perception.
It is a bit corny to start a film review with William Faukner’s quote about the nature of the past, how it is not dead and maybe not even past, but here it can serve as nice introduction. The same kind of thinking, but with some of the theoretical scientific proof could be told for the nature of the sound. It does not die out, it just infinitely tones down to fall out of the limits of our perception.
- 9/1/2021
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria” starts with a bang, which is not at all typical of the infamously understated Thai auteur, making his return to Cannes competition 11 years after winning the Palme d’Or for “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.” Nor is working with an internationally recognized movie star, which the director does this time around, enlisting Tilda Swinton as a kind of stand-in for himself in this oblique and sometimes taxing excursion into the jungles of Colombia.
Swinton plays a foreign-born orchidologist plagued by a strange condition whereby it sounds as if a gong is ringing inside her head — or else a wrecking ball is smashing loudly against a steel drum somewhere off in the distance. The opening bang, therefore, is a literal one, not some big set-piece or action sequence, lest you think the independent art-house director has sold out and decided to go all Hollywood...
Swinton plays a foreign-born orchidologist plagued by a strange condition whereby it sounds as if a gong is ringing inside her head — or else a wrecking ball is smashing loudly against a steel drum somewhere off in the distance. The opening bang, therefore, is a literal one, not some big set-piece or action sequence, lest you think the independent art-house director has sold out and decided to go all Hollywood...
- 7/15/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
“Memoria” begins with the first jump scare in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s career, but the sudden impact isn’t as relevant as the way it resonates in the silence that follows. Anyone familiar with the slow-burn lyricism at the center of the Thai director’s work knows how he adheres to a dreamlike logic that takes its time to settle in. The Colombia-set “Memoria,” his first movie made outside his native country, does that as well as anything in “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” or “Cemetery of Splendor.” But this time around, there’s a profound existential anxiety creeping in.
With Tilda Swinton’s puzzled gaze as its guide, “Memoria” amounts to a haunting, introspective look at one woman’s attempts to uncover the roots of a mysterious sound that only she can hear. More than that, it’s a masterful and engrossing response to rush of modern...
With Tilda Swinton’s puzzled gaze as its guide, “Memoria” amounts to a haunting, introspective look at one woman’s attempts to uncover the roots of a mysterious sound that only she can hear. More than that, it’s a masterful and engrossing response to rush of modern...
- 7/15/2021
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Neon has partnered with Direct Relief for its upcoming anthology film “The Year of the Everlasting Storm,” and it will donate to the organization’s worldwide Covid-19 relief efforts.
The feature, which will be released theatrically later this year, is making its debut at Cannes Film Festival today as part of the Special Screening section.
With its donation, Neon aims to support real-time Covid-19 direct response through the distribution of funds, tests, supplies and vaccines to countries and areas that have been hit the hardest by the pandemic.
Helmed by filmmakers Jafar Panâhi, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal, Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, David Lowery and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, “The Year of the Everlasting Storm” follows seven stories during an unprecedented time, serving as a love letter to the power of cinema and storytelling. The film is executive produced by Panâhi, Tom Quinn and David Kaplan and produced by Brad Becker-Parton, Andrea Roa,...
The feature, which will be released theatrically later this year, is making its debut at Cannes Film Festival today as part of the Special Screening section.
With its donation, Neon aims to support real-time Covid-19 direct response through the distribution of funds, tests, supplies and vaccines to countries and areas that have been hit the hardest by the pandemic.
Helmed by filmmakers Jafar Panâhi, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal, Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, David Lowery and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, “The Year of the Everlasting Storm” follows seven stories during an unprecedented time, serving as a love letter to the power of cinema and storytelling. The film is executive produced by Panâhi, Tom Quinn and David Kaplan and produced by Brad Becker-Parton, Andrea Roa,...
- 7/14/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Neon has debuted a new trailer for Palme D’or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s ‘Memoria.’
The film is a bewildering drama about a Scottish woman, who, after hearing a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.
Written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the film stars Tilda Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz.
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The film has its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in July 2021.
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The film is a bewildering drama about a Scottish woman, who, after hearing a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.
Written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the film stars Tilda Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz.
Also in trailers – Colin Farrell & Jack O’Connell star in dramatic first trailer for ‘The North Water’
The film has its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in July 2021.
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- 7/13/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"It's like a rumble from the core of the Earth." Neon has unveiled the first official trailer for the mysterious new drama Memoria, the latest film from acclaimed Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, best known for his films Tropical Malady, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Mekong Hotel among many, many other creative projects. This is premiering in the main competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival this week, and Neon already has plans to release it soon. A woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance. That's about all we know. Tilda Swinton stars with a cast including Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, and Agnes Brekke. The director explains his idea for this: "While researching, I often heard a loud noise at dawn. It was internal and has occurred in many of the places I visited.
- 7/12/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Tilda Swinton plays a character shaken by a strange boom in the new trailer for Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s upcoming film, Memoria.
In the film, Swinton plays a Scottish woman named Jessica, who hears a loud “bang” at daybreak, which triggers a mysterious sensory syndrome that follows her as she travels through the jungles of Colombia.
The new trailer for Memoria gives few other details away, comprising a series of seemingly disconnected scenes, all threaded together by the presence of the boom. In the opening scene, Jessica tries to describe the sound to an audio engineer,...
In the film, Swinton plays a Scottish woman named Jessica, who hears a loud “bang” at daybreak, which triggers a mysterious sensory syndrome that follows her as she travels through the jungles of Colombia.
The new trailer for Memoria gives few other details away, comprising a series of seemingly disconnected scenes, all threaded together by the presence of the boom. In the opening scene, Jessica tries to describe the sound to an audio engineer,...
- 7/12/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Almodóvar regular Javier Cámara brings a wonderful richness to his portrayal of Colombian professor and campaigner Héctor Abad Gómez
Javier Cámara is the Spanish actor with the gentle, open, everyman face who has been a stalwart repertory player for Pedro Almodóvar for around 20 years, particularly in the mysterious and beautiful 2002 film Talk to Her; Cámara unforgettably played Benigno, the nurse tending to a young woman in a coma, believing that he must always talk to her. Now he gives a wonderful richness and warmth to this very affecting movie, directed by Fernando Trueba; it is based on the true story of Héctor Abad Gómez, the Colombian public-health activist and prominent government critic who in 1987 was shot dead in Médellin by far-right paramilitaries. It is adapted from the 2005 memoir of Gómez by his son, the now prominent Colombian author Héctor Abad Faciolince, entitled El Olvido Que Seremos (which is the movie...
Javier Cámara is the Spanish actor with the gentle, open, everyman face who has been a stalwart repertory player for Pedro Almodóvar for around 20 years, particularly in the mysterious and beautiful 2002 film Talk to Her; Cámara unforgettably played Benigno, the nurse tending to a young woman in a coma, believing that he must always talk to her. Now he gives a wonderful richness and warmth to this very affecting movie, directed by Fernando Trueba; it is based on the true story of Héctor Abad Gómez, the Colombian public-health activist and prominent government critic who in 1987 was shot dead in Médellin by far-right paramilitaries. It is adapted from the 2005 memoir of Gómez by his son, the now prominent Colombian author Héctor Abad Faciolince, entitled El Olvido Que Seremos (which is the movie...
- 3/25/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Having scored an Oscar for Spain with Belle Epoque in 1994, director Fernando Trueba returns to the International Feature Film race with a Colombian entry. Memories Of My Father (aka El Olvido Que Seremos) strikes a similarly nostalgic note to Belle Epoque, but focuses on familial love. Based on Héctor Abad Faciolince’s memoirs, it’s adapted by the director’s own brother, David Trueba: an apt familial collaboration.
Set in two timelines, Memories Of My Father opens in Turin, 1983, where Colombian student Héctor (Juan Pablo Urrego) is summoned to a ceremony honoring his father, Héctor Abad Gómez (Javier Cámara), a celebrated doctor and social justice campaigner. The film then flashes back to the writer’s childhood in 1970s Medellín, where much of the film takes place.
Curiously, the 1980s scenes are in black and white. The director has said this was an instinctive choice, but it could be read...
Set in two timelines, Memories Of My Father opens in Turin, 1983, where Colombian student Héctor (Juan Pablo Urrego) is summoned to a ceremony honoring his father, Héctor Abad Gómez (Javier Cámara), a celebrated doctor and social justice campaigner. The film then flashes back to the writer’s childhood in 1970s Medellín, where much of the film takes place.
Curiously, the 1980s scenes are in black and white. The director has said this was an instinctive choice, but it could be read...
- 2/5/2021
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran Spanish actor Javier Cámara — who played Guillermo Pallomari, the chief accountant of Colombia’s Cali Cartel in the third season “Narcos” — took the starring role in “El Olvido Que Seremos” (English title: “Memories of My Father”) in part because of the Netflix series.
Cámara had the opportunity to know Colombia because “Narcos” was a huge success around the world, and he told TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman, “All this prejudice that we have about Colombia, about these countries, that have this amazing progress, and we have the same progress in our countries too but, we have only seen one side of the country.”
“I was willing to offer all my experience, all my love, and all my emotions, to do this film because it shows the other part of Colombia, the other side of Colombia, the bright side of this amazing country,” Cámara added. “It was amazing because we were...
Cámara had the opportunity to know Colombia because “Narcos” was a huge success around the world, and he told TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman, “All this prejudice that we have about Colombia, about these countries, that have this amazing progress, and we have the same progress in our countries too but, we have only seen one side of the country.”
“I was willing to offer all my experience, all my love, and all my emotions, to do this film because it shows the other part of Colombia, the other side of Colombia, the bright side of this amazing country,” Cámara added. “It was amazing because we were...
- 1/16/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
In today’s Global Bulletin the U.K. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport asks for an extension to the current furlough scheme, San Sebastian will close with Fernando Trueba’s “Forgotten We’ll Be,” ITV looks to invest, MediaWorks sells its TV business to Discovery, Zdf commissions a new WWII factual series and “The Eight Hundred” gets a U.K. and Ireland distribution deal.
Furlough
The U.K. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport committee has called on Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to extend the existing furlough scheme for workers in the arts and leisure sectors, warning of severe job losses otherwise.
Sunak had introduced the scheme in March, where self-employed individuals could claim 80% of their average income over the last three years up to £2,500 a month.
The scheme was due to run till the end of June but was extended to the end of October with some changes,...
Furlough
The U.K. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport committee has called on Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to extend the existing furlough scheme for workers in the arts and leisure sectors, warning of severe job losses otherwise.
Sunak had introduced the scheme in March, where self-employed individuals could claim 80% of their average income over the last three years up to £2,500 a month.
The scheme was due to run till the end of June but was extended to the end of October with some changes,...
- 9/7/2020
- by Jamie Lang and Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Columbian drama is directed by Oscar-winner Fernando Trueba.
Curzon and Cohen Media Group (Cmg) have secured UK and North American rights to Fernando Trueba’s Forgotten We’ll Be in a deal with Spanish sales agency Film Factory Entertainment.
The Columbian drama was part of the official selection for this year’s cancelled Cannes Film Festival and marks the first joint acquisition across both territories since Cmg acquired Curzon last December.
Theatrical release is planned in the UK and Us in 2021. The deal was negotiated by Cmg’s Robert Aaronson and Film Factory’s Vicente Canales.
Trueba’s Belle Epoque...
Curzon and Cohen Media Group (Cmg) have secured UK and North American rights to Fernando Trueba’s Forgotten We’ll Be in a deal with Spanish sales agency Film Factory Entertainment.
The Columbian drama was part of the official selection for this year’s cancelled Cannes Film Festival and marks the first joint acquisition across both territories since Cmg acquired Curzon last December.
Theatrical release is planned in the UK and Us in 2021. The deal was negotiated by Cmg’s Robert Aaronson and Film Factory’s Vicente Canales.
Trueba’s Belle Epoque...
- 6/22/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Fernando Trueba’s Cannes Official Selection drama Forgotten We’ll Be has scored U.S. and UK deals via a joint acquisition from Cohen Media Group and Artificial Eye.
The acquisition is the first joint buy from the two firms after Ae was acquired by Cmg last year.
The film will be released theatrically in the U.S. and the UK in 2021. The distribution deal was negotiated by Robert Aaronson, Cmg’s Senior Vice President, and Vicente Canales, Managing Director of Spanish international sales agency Film Factory Entertainment
Belle Époque and Chico & Rita director Trueba’s latest is adapted from Héctor Abad Faciolince’s novel about his father, Colombian human rights activist Dr. Héctor Abad Gómez. Starring Javier Cámara (Talk To Her), the story follows a man torn between the love of his family and his political fight set in the violence-riddled Colombia of recent decades. The film also stars Juan Pablo Urrego...
The acquisition is the first joint buy from the two firms after Ae was acquired by Cmg last year.
The film will be released theatrically in the U.S. and the UK in 2021. The distribution deal was negotiated by Robert Aaronson, Cmg’s Senior Vice President, and Vicente Canales, Managing Director of Spanish international sales agency Film Factory Entertainment
Belle Époque and Chico & Rita director Trueba’s latest is adapted from Héctor Abad Faciolince’s novel about his father, Colombian human rights activist Dr. Héctor Abad Gómez. Starring Javier Cámara (Talk To Her), the story follows a man torn between the love of his family and his political fight set in the violence-riddled Colombia of recent decades. The film also stars Juan Pablo Urrego...
- 6/22/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Cohen Media Group and Curzon have acquired North American and U.K. distribution rights to the Colombian drama “Forgotten We’ll Be,” directed by Fernando Trueba.
The acquisition was unveiled Monday, and appears to be the first deal announced for a film from the 2020 Cannes Official Selection. It’s also the first acquisition made jointly across both major English-speaking territories since the Cmg purchase of Curzon in December. The film will be released theatrically in the U.S. and U.K. in 2021. Variety revealed the film’s trailer last week.
“Forgotten We’ll Be” is adapted from Héctor Abad Faciolince’s memoir about his father, Colombian human rights activist Dr. Héctor Abad Gómez. Javier Cámara stars in the story of a man torn between the love of his family and his political fight, set in the violence-riddled Colombia of recent decades. Gomez devoted himself to social and political causes before he was murdered in 1987 in Colombia.
The acquisition was unveiled Monday, and appears to be the first deal announced for a film from the 2020 Cannes Official Selection. It’s also the first acquisition made jointly across both major English-speaking territories since the Cmg purchase of Curzon in December. The film will be released theatrically in the U.S. and U.K. in 2021. Variety revealed the film’s trailer last week.
“Forgotten We’ll Be” is adapted from Héctor Abad Faciolince’s memoir about his father, Colombian human rights activist Dr. Héctor Abad Gómez. Javier Cámara stars in the story of a man torn between the love of his family and his political fight, set in the violence-riddled Colombia of recent decades. Gomez devoted himself to social and political causes before he was murdered in 1987 in Colombia.
- 6/22/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Following their historic Oscar win for Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite, Neon has another hugely-anticipated international film in their hands, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria. Starring Tilda Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego, and Elkin Diaz, with production taking place in Colombia, it marks the Palme d’Or-winning director’s first film shot outside Thailand. Ahead of a likely Cannes premiere and fall release, we’ve got new images and details.
Speaking with La Tempestad, who debuted the images, the director says of Swinton, “We will see her walking a lot, like a ghost. I wrote this movie with her in mind knowing that she is an actress who needs no explanation. In fact, it was she who showed me this character. The experience was very significant and I really appreciate that.”
The director also revealed he may want to head to Mexico for his next project, while...
Speaking with La Tempestad, who debuted the images, the director says of Swinton, “We will see her walking a lot, like a ghost. I wrote this movie with her in mind knowing that she is an actress who needs no explanation. In fact, it was she who showed me this character. The experience was very significant and I really appreciate that.”
The director also revealed he may want to head to Mexico for his next project, while...
- 2/14/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Neon has bought North American rights to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria,” starring Tilda Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz.
The drama is produced by Weerasethakul’s Kick the Machine, Burning and Illuminations Films. Weerasethakul won the Cannes Palme d’Or in 2010 for “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.”
The deal was announced Thursday at the American Film Market and negotiated by Jeff Deutchman on behalf of Neon and Thania Dimitrakopoulou of The Match Factory on behalf of the filmmakers. A year ago at Afm, Neon bought domestic rights to Bong Joon Ho’s Palme d’Or winner, “Parasite,” which has gone on to gross over $100 million worldwide.
Variety first reported in August that filming had kicked off in Colombia for “Memoria,” Weerasethakul’s first feature to be shot outside his home country of Thailand. While prepping the script, the filmmaker was particularly...
The drama is produced by Weerasethakul’s Kick the Machine, Burning and Illuminations Films. Weerasethakul won the Cannes Palme d’Or in 2010 for “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.”
The deal was announced Thursday at the American Film Market and negotiated by Jeff Deutchman on behalf of Neon and Thania Dimitrakopoulou of The Match Factory on behalf of the filmmakers. A year ago at Afm, Neon bought domestic rights to Bong Joon Ho’s Palme d’Or winner, “Parasite,” which has gone on to gross over $100 million worldwide.
Variety first reported in August that filming had kicked off in Colombia for “Memoria,” Weerasethakul’s first feature to be shot outside his home country of Thailand. While prepping the script, the filmmaker was particularly...
- 11/7/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Neon has acquired the North American rights to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria,” which is one of the first deals to come out of the American Film Market (Afm).
The drama was written and directed Weerasethakul and stars Tilda Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz. Weerasethakul’s production company Kick the Machine is producing, alongside Burning and Illuminations Films.
Weerasethakul previously won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 for his film “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.”
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Details for the plot are being kept under wraps. The deal was negotiated by Jeff Deutchman on behalf of Neon and Thania Dimitrakopoulou of The Match Factory on behalf of the filmmakers.
At last year’s Afm, Neon acquired Bong Joon-Ho’s eventual Palme d’Or winner, “Parasite,...
The drama was written and directed Weerasethakul and stars Tilda Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz. Weerasethakul’s production company Kick the Machine is producing, alongside Burning and Illuminations Films.
Weerasethakul previously won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 for his film “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.”
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Details for the plot are being kept under wraps. The deal was negotiated by Jeff Deutchman on behalf of Neon and Thania Dimitrakopoulou of The Match Factory on behalf of the filmmakers.
At last year’s Afm, Neon acquired Bong Joon-Ho’s eventual Palme d’Or winner, “Parasite,...
- 11/7/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Neon has nabbed North American rights to Memoria, the Tilda Swinton-starring Colombian drama from Palme d’Or-winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
The secretive project stars Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it is set in Colombia and reports have said it follows an orchid farmer (Swinton) visiting her ill sister in Bogota.
Thai filmmaker Weerasethakul picked up the coveted Palme d’Or in Cannes in 2010 for his Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, which was the country’s entry for that year’s Academy Awards, though it was not nominated.
Memoria was produced by Weerasethakul’s Kick the Machine, Burning and Illuminations Films.
The deal was negotiated by Jeff Deutchman on behalf of Neon and Thania Dimitrakopoulou of German sales agent The Match Factory on behalf of the filmmakers.
At last year’s Afm,...
The secretive project stars Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it is set in Colombia and reports have said it follows an orchid farmer (Swinton) visiting her ill sister in Bogota.
Thai filmmaker Weerasethakul picked up the coveted Palme d’Or in Cannes in 2010 for his Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, which was the country’s entry for that year’s Academy Awards, though it was not nominated.
Memoria was produced by Weerasethakul’s Kick the Machine, Burning and Illuminations Films.
The deal was negotiated by Jeff Deutchman on behalf of Neon and Thania Dimitrakopoulou of German sales agent The Match Factory on behalf of the filmmakers.
At last year’s Afm,...
- 11/7/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The Colombia-set drama features Swinton as an orchid farmer plagued by loud noises.
In a deal struck on the eve of Afm, Neon has acquired North American rights from The Match Factory to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria starring Tilda Swinton.
The Colombia-set drama also stars Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz. While the distributor said plot details remained under wraps, it has been reported that Swinton plays an orchid farmer who befriends a French archaeologist while visiting her ailing sister in Bogota, where she is plagued by loud noises at night.
Weerasethakul’s Kick The...
In a deal struck on the eve of Afm, Neon has acquired North American rights from The Match Factory to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria starring Tilda Swinton.
The Colombia-set drama also stars Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz. While the distributor said plot details remained under wraps, it has been reported that Swinton plays an orchid farmer who befriends a French archaeologist while visiting her ailing sister in Bogota, where she is plagued by loud noises at night.
Weerasethakul’s Kick The...
- 11/7/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Neon, hot off its success with Bong Joon-ho's Korean drama Parasite, has snatched up another international title from a Palme d'Or-winning director.
The distributor has acquired Memoria, the latest drama from Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the Thai filmmaker who won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 with Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
Tilda Swindon stars in the pic, which is set in Colombia. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps. Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz co-star.
Weerasethakul’s Kick the Machine is producing Memoria with Burning and ...
The distributor has acquired Memoria, the latest drama from Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the Thai filmmaker who won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 with Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
Tilda Swindon stars in the pic, which is set in Colombia. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps. Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz co-star.
Weerasethakul’s Kick the Machine is producing Memoria with Burning and ...
- 11/7/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Neon, hot off its success with Bong Joon-ho's Korean drama Parasite, has snatched up another international title from a Palme d'Or-winning director.
The distributor has acquired Memoria, the latest drama from Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the Thai filmmaker who won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 with Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
Tilda Swindon stars in the pic, which is set in Colombia. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps. Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz co-star.
Weerasethakul’s Kick the Machine is producing Memoria with Burning and ...
The distributor has acquired Memoria, the latest drama from Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the Thai filmmaker who won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 with Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
Tilda Swindon stars in the pic, which is set in Colombia. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps. Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz co-star.
Weerasethakul’s Kick the Machine is producing Memoria with Burning and ...
- 11/7/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Despite being a beloved figure on the international film circuit, Apichatpong Weerasethakul has mostly stayed in his own realm, crafting his dreamlike odysseys with a Thai cast and crew. For his next film, Memoria, he is casting a wider net, collaborating with the goddess Tilda Swinton, along with French actress Jeanne Balibar, Zama star Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego, and Elkin Diaz. With production beginning earlier this month in Colombia, it also marks the Palme d’Or-winning director’s first film shot outside Thailand.
Courtesy of Match Factory (via Variety), the first on-set images and a new synopsis have been unveiled:
In the film, Swinton plays an orchid farmer visiting her ill sister in Bogota. While there, she befriends a French archaeologist (Balibar) in charge of monitoring the construction project and a young musician (Diaz). Each night, she is bothered by increasingly loud bangs which prevent her from getting any sleep.
Courtesy of Match Factory (via Variety), the first on-set images and a new synopsis have been unveiled:
In the film, Swinton plays an orchid farmer visiting her ill sister in Bogota. While there, she befriends a French archaeologist (Balibar) in charge of monitoring the construction project and a young musician (Diaz). Each night, she is bothered by increasingly loud bangs which prevent her from getting any sleep.
- 8/27/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Filming kicked off in Colombia on August 19 for Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Tilda Swinton-led “Memoria,” the filmmaker’s first feature to be shot outside his home country.
Germany’s The Match Factory, which has represented several of Weerasethakul’s previous films on the international market including 2010 Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” will do so again on “Memoria,” and have shared with Variety exclusive first images of Weerasethakul and Swinton on set.
Filling out the international cast for the film are César and San Sebastian best actress award-winner Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Gimenez Cacho – star of Lucrecia Martel’s 2018 Argentine Oscar submission “Zama,” Colombian TV star Juan Pablo Urrego and “Surviving Escobar’s” Elkin Diaz.
The eight-week shoot will split time between the mountain village of Pijao and the Colombian capital, Bogota.
While on vacation in Colombia, Weerasethakul was struck by the country’s natural beauty,...
Germany’s The Match Factory, which has represented several of Weerasethakul’s previous films on the international market including 2010 Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” will do so again on “Memoria,” and have shared with Variety exclusive first images of Weerasethakul and Swinton on set.
Filling out the international cast for the film are César and San Sebastian best actress award-winner Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Gimenez Cacho – star of Lucrecia Martel’s 2018 Argentine Oscar submission “Zama,” Colombian TV star Juan Pablo Urrego and “Surviving Escobar’s” Elkin Diaz.
The eight-week shoot will split time between the mountain village of Pijao and the Colombian capital, Bogota.
While on vacation in Colombia, Weerasethakul was struck by the country’s natural beauty,...
- 8/27/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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