SUNDOWN
Michel Franco
When a distant emergency summons the wealthy Bennett family back to the U.K., disrupting a vacation on the Mexican coast in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and Neil (Tim Roth). The delicate balance of the deceptively close-knit clan, including siblings Colin and Alexa (Samuel Bottomley, Albertine Kotting McMillan), is irrevocably upset. Continuing his exploration of individuals and societies under pressure, writer-director Michel Franco (New Order) ascends to the heights and depths of an Acapulco â and a family â that is more than meets the eye. Playing out in the sleek hotel suites and scruffy tourist haunts of a disparate and stratified seaside locale, and across the psychological battlefield of a precarious dynasty, Sundown unfolds in sharp, surreptitious bursts.
In the presence of the film crew
Festival : La Biennale di Venezia – Venice FF 2021
Competition
National premiere
STARRING
Tim Roth
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Iazua Larios
Henry Goodman
Albertine Kotting McMillan
Samuel Bottomley
WRITER
Michel Franco
DIRECTOR
Michel Franco
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Yves Cape (AFC)
SOUND
RaĂșl Locatelli
Alejandro de Icaza
Niklas Sharp
FILM EDITING
Oscar Figueroa Jara
Michel Franco
PRODUCTION
Teorema
DISTRIBUTION
The Match Factory GmbH
Michel Franco
Michel Franco was born in Mexico City in 1979 and has put Mexican cinema in the global spotlight. The films he has written, directed and produced include CHRONIC (Best Screenplay Award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival), LAS HIJAS DE ABRIL (Jury Prize, in Certain Regard at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival), and DESPUĂS DE LUCĂA (Top Prize, in Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival). He has also produced 600 MILLAS (directed by Gabriel Ripstein and winner of the Best First Feature Award at the 2015 Berlinale), FROM AFAR (directed by Lorenzo Vigas, winner of the Golden Lion at the 2015 Venice Film Festival), among others. Michel returns to Venice with his 7th film SUNDOWN, after winning the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize award with NUEVO ORDEN in the 2020âs festival edition.
FILMOGRAPHY
2009Â : DANIEL AND ANA
2012Â : AFTER LUCIA
2013 : THROUGH THE EYES
2015 : CHRONIC
2017 : APRIL’S DAUGHTER
2020 : NEW ORDER