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Nos Vemos Papa

Official Selection - Competition 2012 / Nos vemos, papá / Mexico 2011

Pilar loses the one thing in life that mattered to her and, from that moment on time stops. The present begins blending with the past, and the heroine withdraws into a world of her own. An intimate drama about the extreme emotions connected to the loss of someone on whom our lives depend.

Nos Vemos Papa Nos Vemos Papa

Synopsis

Pilar’s father is dead – a fact that threatens her near pathological dependence on him. Within a few short hours her life founders, and she withdraws into her own inner world. The dramatic plot does not provide much suspense, nevertheless this psychological story is very skillfully constructed. It ultimately reveals numerous extraordinary details, including Pilar’s relationship with her niece, with her brother, and her father. Script-wise, the effect used here is that of a tightening noose in which each event exacerbates the one to follow, and the audience is held in constant suspense. Yet the intelligent plot doesn’t portray aberrant behavior in any way, and we are not presented with extreme violence or any other similar excesses. The rhythm of the film is set by the main female character Pilar, whose psychological reactions are reflected in the tone of the scenes. This is a powerful debut from a highly talented director who took inspiration from innovative trends in the Mexican film industry but still managed to find her own style.

About the film

88 min / Color, 35 mm
International premiere

Director Lucía Carreras / Screenplay Lucía Carreras / Dir. of Photography Germán Lammers / Music Christian Basso / Editor Óscar Figueroa Jara / Producer Edher Campos, Luis Salinas / Production Machete Producciones / Cast Cecilia Suárez, Marcelo D’Andrea, Arturo Barba, Gabriela de la Garza, Verónica Langer / Contact Machete Producciones, Bogeydom
www: www.nosvemospapa.com

About the director

Lucía Carreras

Lucía Carreras first gained a name as a screenwriter who helped pen the outstanding Leap Year (dir. Michael Rowe), awarded the 2010 Camera d’Or at the Cannes IFF, the first Mexican film to win the coveted prize. The author went on to receive further screenwriting recognition in the form of stipends for other work, including Nos Vemos Papa. Her directorial debut is unusual for the fact that she focuses on ideas and imagination in contrast to the majority of the most recent Mexican films, which deal with human physicality. It is precisely this kind of intimate drama that carries within it the roots of magical realism, best known from Latin American literature.

Contacts

Machete Producciones
Hortensia 247 dept 1 Col. Florida, 010 30, Mexico City
Mexico
Phone: +52 555 510 195 2
E-mail: [email protected]

Bogeydom
P.O. Box 523, St Q, M4T 2M5, Toronto
Canada
Phone: + 1 416 618 874 8
Fax: + 1 416 352 550 0
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Edher Campos
Producer

Lucía Carreras
Film Director

Cecilia Suárez
Actress

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