Festival de Cannes 2017
Official Selection - Un Certain Regard
Directed by : Santiago Mitre
Written by : Santiago Mitre and Mariano Llinas
Casting : Ricardo Darín, Dolores Fonzi, Erica Rivas, Elena Anaya, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Alfredo Castro, Gerardo Romano, Leonardo Franco, with the exceptional participation of Paulina García and Christian Slater
Language : Spanish
Producers : Hugo Sigman, Fernando Bovaira, Matías Mosteirin, Didar Domehri, Simón De Santiago, Fernando Brom, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Leticia Cristi, Axel Kuschevatzky
Co-producers : Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Olivier Père, Rémi Burah
Executive producers : Micky Buyé, Javier Braier
A production : K&S (Argentina), La Unión de los Ríos (Argentina), Maneki Films (France), MOD Producciones (Spain)
A coproduction : Arte France Cinéma, TELEFE, Memento Films Production
With the support of : ICAA, INCAA, World Cinema Support CNC – French Institute
With the participation of : Arte France, Movistar +
In association with : Alejandro Weinstein, IRSA
Internationale sales : Film Factory
French Distributor : Memento Films Distribution
Synopsis : At a summit for Latin American presidentes in Chile, where the region´s geopolitical strategies and alliances are in discussion, Argentine president Hernán Blanco endures a political and family drama that will force him to face his own demons.
He will have to come to two decisions that could change the course of his public and private life forever: one regarding a complicated emotional situation with his daughter, and the other, the most important political decision of his career.
FESTIVALS
Cannes Film Festival 2017 – Un Certain Regard
TIFF 2017 – Contemporary World Cinema
San Sebastian Film Festival 2017 – Special screnning
BFI 2017 – Thrill
Hamburg International Film Festival 2017 – Vitrina
Mumbai International Film Festival 2017 – World Cinema