Read More: Watch: Protect the Ones You Love At All Costs in Exclusive 'A Monster With A Thousand Heads' Trailer Music Box Films is continuing its hot streak of foreign acquisitions by picking up U.S. distribution rights to Rodrigo Plá's "A Monster With A Thousand Heads." The drama opened the Orizzonti Competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival and stars Jana Raluy, Sebastian Aguirre Boeda and Hugo Albores. Adapted by Laura Santullo from her own novel, "A Monster With A Thousand Heads" centers on Sonia, who devises a desperate plan to save her husband and access the medical treatment he needs to survive. Her journey puts her in contact with a corrupt insurance office and its complicit representatives, leading her and her son down a rabbit hole of violence. "Rodrigo Pla´ has delivered that rare thing: a smart, completely believable and brilliantly executed thriller with a social conscience,...
- 9/29/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Watch: Protect the Ones You Love At All Costs in Exclusive 'A Monster With A Thousand Heads' Trailer
Read More: Venice Film Festival Unveils Lineup: Includes 'Equals' and 'The Danish Girl' World Premieres, New Noah Baumbach Documentary Uruguayan writer-director Rodrigo Plá incorporates political undertones into each of his feature films, and it looks like he'll be operating on his most visceral playing field yet in "A Monster With A Thousand Heads." The drama will open the Orizzonti Competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival and stars Jana Raluy, Sebastian Aguirre Boeda and Hugo Albores. Adapted by Laura Santullo from her own novel, "A Monster With A Thousand Heads" centers on Sonia, who devises a desperate plan to save her husband and access the medical treatment he needs to survive. Her journey puts her in contact with a corrupt insurance office and its complicit representatives, leading her and her son down a rabbit hole of violence. Watch the exclusive trailer above. Read More: Venice Film Festival's Sala Web to.
- 8/26/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Like it’s 1999: Ruizpalacios’ Sprightly Directorial Debut
There’s something in the air of Alonso Ruizpalacios’ directorial debut, Güeros, a beautifully shot period piece examining a particular moment in time in a familiar coming-of-age package. Playful in a way that’s earned the director comparisons to the early works of fellow Mexican auteur Alfonso Cuaron, particularly 2001’s Y Tu Mama Tambien, you may not remember the particulars of the mise en scene here, but the film is a vibrant string of inspired visuals significantly enhancing the kind of narrative we’ve seen done to death across a multitude of cultures. But Ruizpalacios displays a unique mastery of cinematic language, and his impressive film marks him as a director to keep an eye on.
We meet thirteen year old Tomas (Sebastian Aguirre) as he drops a water balloon off of a roof onto a distressed mother. Briefly guilty for his...
There’s something in the air of Alonso Ruizpalacios’ directorial debut, Güeros, a beautifully shot period piece examining a particular moment in time in a familiar coming-of-age package. Playful in a way that’s earned the director comparisons to the early works of fellow Mexican auteur Alfonso Cuaron, particularly 2001’s Y Tu Mama Tambien, you may not remember the particulars of the mise en scene here, but the film is a vibrant string of inspired visuals significantly enhancing the kind of narrative we’ve seen done to death across a multitude of cultures. But Ruizpalacios displays a unique mastery of cinematic language, and his impressive film marks him as a director to keep an eye on.
We meet thirteen year old Tomas (Sebastian Aguirre) as he drops a water balloon off of a roof onto a distressed mother. Briefly guilty for his...
- 5/28/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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