Sundown

62nd TIFF: Greek Premiere

When a distant emergency summons the wealthy Bennett family back to the UK, disrupting a vacation on the Mexican coast in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions Alice and Neil. The delicate balance of the deceptively close-knit clan, including siblings Colin and Alexa, is irrevocably upset. 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.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Michel Franco

Cinematography: Yves Cape

Editing: Oscar Figueroa Jara, Michel Franco

Sound: Alejandro de Icaza, Niklas Sharp

Actors: Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman

Production: TEOREMA

Producers: Michel Franco, Eréndira Núñez Larios, Cristina Velasco L.

Co-production: LUXBOX, COMMONGROUND PICTURES, Film I Väst

Co-producers: Jonas Kellagher, Caroline Ljungberg, Hédi Zardi, Fiorella Moretti

Costumes: Gabriela Fernández

Production Design: Claudio Ramírez Castelli

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Mexico, France, Sweden

Production Year: 2021

Duration: 82'

Contact: The Match Factory

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, Un Certain Regard at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival), and Después de Lucía (Top Prize, Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival).