Overview
- The black-and-white Mexico City drama unfolds largely through a nine-year-old’s perspective, focusing on everyday pain and connection.
- Teresita Sánchez, Hugo Ramírez and Bastián Escobar lead the cast, with Escobar as the child Cristian.
- The film is Eimbcke’s first entry competing for the Golden Bear, with awards to be presented on Feb. 21.
- Produced with Mexican public funding, the feature has support from producer Michel Franco, Teorema and Kinotitlán under EFICINE.
- Eimbcke says the work was not conceived as political, though social and economic pressures surface in the story.