Luisa and Gambino visit their parents in a deserted city of the Mexican North. A wave of awkwardness soon arises as their–otherwise uninterested–father seems spellbound by Luisa’s boyfriend, who stars in a narco-themed TV series. Meanwhile, Gabino’s lust for escape crafts an imaginary gangster-tinged universe. A sly take on the predominance of violence in Mexico’s psyche and an acerbic critique on toxic masculinity wrapped in a tale of family dysfunction.
Fauna
Fauna
61st TIFF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Nicolás Pereda
- Script: Nicolás Pereda
- Cinematography: Mariel Baqueiro
- Editing: Nicolás Pereda
- Sound: Pablo Cervera, Kevin T. Allen
- Actors: Lázaro Gabino Rodríguez, Luisa Pardo Úrias, Francisco Barreiro, Teresita Sánchez, José Rodríguez López
- Production: Interior XIII
- Producers: Nicolás Pereda
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Mexico, Canada
- Production Year: 2020
- Duration: 70'
- Contact: INTERIOR XIII Alejandra García Valerio alejandra@interior13.com
Nicolás Pereda
Nicolas Pereda is a filmmaker whose work explores the everyday through fractured and elliptical narratives using fiction and documentary tools. He often collaborates with the theater collective Lagartijas tiradas al sol and actress Teresita Sánchez. His work has been the subject of more than 30 retrospectives worldwide in venues such as Anthology Film Archive, Pacific Film Archive, Jeonju International Film Festival and TIFF Cinematheque. He has also presented his films in most major international film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno, and Toronto, as well as in galleries and museums like the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the Guggenheim and MoMA in New York. In 2010 he was awarded the Premio Orizzonti at the Venice Film Festival.
Filmography
2007 ¿Dónde están sus historias? | Where Are Their Stories?
2009 Juntos | Together
2013 Matar extraños | Killing Strangers
2014 Los ausentes | The Absent
2015 Minotauro | Minotaur
2019 Mi piel, luminosa | My Skin, Luminous (short)
2020 Fauna
