SCREENINGS:
November 17 – Cine Itaú Augusta 3 – 8 pm
November 19 – Cine Itaú Augusta 3 – 8 pm
ORIGINAL TITLE: Sueño en Otro Idioma
COUNTRY: Mexico / Netherlands
YEAR: 2017
RUNNING TIME: 100′
DIRECTOR: Ernesto Contreras
CAST: Fernando Álvarez Rebeil, Eligio Meléndez, Manuel Poncelis, Fátima Molina, Norma Angélica, Mardonio Carballo, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, Nicolasa Ortiz Monasterio, Mónica Miguel / SCREENPLAY: Carlos Contreras / CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tonatiuh Martínez / EDITING: Jorge Macaya / SOUND: Enrique Greiner / PRODUCTION DESIGN: Bárbara Enríquez / PRODUCTION: Mónica Lozano, Luis Albores, Érika Ávila, Eamon O’Farrill, Dijana Olcay-Hot, Raymond Van Der Kaaij / PRODUCTION COMPANY: Agencia SHA, Alebrije Cine y Video, Revolver Amsterdam, Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (Foprocine), Eficine 189, with Casa José Cuervo, Estudios Churubusco Azteca, EFD
SYNOPSIS: An indigenous language named Zikril is in peril as its last two speakers (Evaristo and Isauro, 70’s) had a quarrel in the past and haven’t spoken to each other in over 50 years. Martín, a young linguist, will undertake the challenge to bring the old friends back together and convince them to once again talk to each other so he can obtain a recorded registration of the language and study it. However, hidden in the past, in the heart of the jungle, lies a secret concealed by the language that makes it difficult to believe that the heart of Zikril will beat once again.
Best Film at Oslo Fusion IFF 2017, Best Film at Sundance IFF 2017, Best Actor (José Manuel Poncelis e Eligio Meléndez) and Guerreros de la Prensa Award at Guadalajara IFF 2017.
ADVISORY RATING: 12 years
DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY:
2016 La Habitación
2014 Héroes Cotidianos (TV series, 6 episodes)
2014 Las Oscuras Primaveras
2012-2013 Gente Unica Latinoamerica (TV series, 2 episodes)
2010 Seguir siendo: Café Tacvba
2007 Párpados azules
2005 Blanquita (short)
2003 Los No Invitados (short)
2003 El Milagro (short)
1999 Ondas Hertzianas (short)
1999 Gente Pequeña (short)
1998 Sombras que Pasan (short)
1997 Sueño Polaroid (short)
