Eisenstein in Guanajuato

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 embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.

Cast

Elmer Bäck

Sergei Eisenstein

Luis Alberti

Palomino Cañedo

J

José Montini

Diego Rivera

C

Cristina Velasco Lozano

Frida Kahlo

R

Rasmus Slätis

Grisha Alexandrov

Jakob Öhrman

Edouard Tisse

S

Sara Juárez

Mercedes

A

Alaín Vargas

Gideon

Maya Zapata

Concepción Cañedo

G

Gustavo Galván

Rolando