film
Flora
Mexico | 2022 | 11’ | Polish premiere
- Director: Nicolás Pereda
- Script: Nicolás Pereda
- Cinematography: Mariel Baqueiro
- Editing: Nicolás Pereda
- Sound: Pablo Cervera, Nicolás Pereda
- Cast: Lázaro Rodríguez, Luisa Pardo, Francisco Barreiro, José Rodríguez López, Teresita Sánchez, Fernando Álvarez Rebeil
- Producer: Nicolás Pereda
- Production: Nicolás Pereda
An essay on the fragments of a Mexican film made in the shadow of other films – in this case, the shadow cast by the contemporary genre of “narco” crime fictions that mystify the corrupt workings of corporations and the state. What can be conveyed by political cinema when the truth is so ruthlessly “screened out” by mainstream media? Significant landscapes, a suspiciously empty hotel, a mysterious onlooker who demands to act in Pereda’s project but without his voice heard: only these apparently mute signs can hint at the hidden complexities of power, wealth and influence. (Adrian Martin)
- Main festivals:
- New York Film Festival
- Oberhausen International Short Film Film Festival
- Viennale
- FICUNAM
- L’Alternativa - Festival de Cine Independiente de Barcelona
