Eisenstein in Guanajuato
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Directed by | Peter Greenaway |
Written by | Peter Greenaway |
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Starring | Elmer Bäck |
Cinematography | Reinier van Brummelen |
Edited by | Elmer Leupen |
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Running time | 105 minutes[1] |
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Box office | $78,542[2] |
Eisenstein in Guanajuato is a 2015 biographical romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Starring Elmer Bäck as Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein, alongside Stelio Savante, Lisa Owen, Maya Zapata, Luis Alberti, Jakob Öhrman, Rasmus Slätis, and Rhino Ranta, the film is an international co-production between companies in the Netherlands, Mexico, Belgium, Finland, and France.
Cast
- Elmer Bäck as Sergei Eisenstein
- Stelio Savante as Hunter S. Kimbrough
- Lisa Owen as Mary Craig Sinclair
- Maya Zapata as Concepción Cañedo
- Luis Alberti as Palomino Cañedo
- Jakob Öhrman as Eduard Tisse
- Rasmus Slätis as Grisha Alexandrov
- Rhino Ranta as Meierhold
- América Rodríguez as La mera vena
Release
Eisenstein in Guanajuato premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in the main competition section[3] on 11 February 2015. The film was voted to the bottom place by the Screen International‘s critics’ jury and subsequently ignored by the official jury.[4]
The film opened theatrically in the Netherlands on 18 June, 8 July in France, 4 September in Finland, and 22 January 2016 in Mexico. It was granted a very limited theatrical release in the United States on 5 February 2016.
Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 55% score based on 38 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The site's consensus states: "Eisenstein in Guanajuato is certainly bold, but its provocations aren't always enough to overcome a lack of depth and clear narrative purpose."[5] Metacritic reports a 60 out of 100 rating based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6]
Critic and author David Robinson praised Greenaway's "...own post-modern pictorialism still as ingenious, flashy and painstakingly wrought in his seventies." He also criticised the film heavily for its salaciousness and many historical inaccuracies, stating that of Eisenstein's wife Pera Atasheva and his many friends, confidants and colleagues: "None of these would recognise the Eisenstein they knew in Greenaway’s Guanajuato."[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Eisenstein in Guanajuato (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Berlinale 2015: Malick, Dresen, Greenaway and German in Competition". Berlinale. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ a b "New Eisenstein Biopic: Greenaway Goes Loco in Guanajuato". Brenton Film. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "Eisenstein In Guanajuato (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Eisenstein in Guanajuato reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
External links
- 2015 films
- Dutch films
- Mexican films
- Belgian films
- Finnish films
- French films
- English-language films
- Spanish-language films
- 2010s biographical films
- 2010s comedy-drama films
- 2010s LGBT-related films
- Dutch biographical films
- Dutch comedy films
- Dutch LGBT-related films
- Mexican biographical films
- Mexican comedy films
- Mexican LGBT-related films
- Belgian biographical films
- Belgian comedy films
- Belgian LGBT-related films
- Finnish biographical films
- Finnish comedy films
- Finnish LGBT-related films
- French biographical films
- French comedy films
- French LGBT-related films
- Films about communism
- Films about film directors and producers
- Films directed by Peter Greenaway
- Films set in Mexico
- Films shot in Finland
- Films shot in Mexico