Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Actors:  Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, José Montini, Cristina Velasco Lozano, Rasmus Slätis, Jakob Öhrman Directors:  Peter Greenaway

In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he emb...