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Michel Franco (born 28 August 1979) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. [1] He is best known for his film After Lucia that won the Prize Un Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. [2] His films typically deal with themes of dysfunctional families. Franco has received numerous awards in film festivals like Cannes ...
Nov 14, 2021 · Michel Franco presents Sundown at the Arava Film Fest. The director, who may pass easily for a 20-something slacker but who is actually 42, is the son of a mother from Haifa and speaks...
May 29, 2022 · In less than 20 years, writer-director Michel Franco has carved a niche for himself in the more austere parts of world cinema. The Mexican filmmaker has never shied away from representing thorny issues on screen, beginning with his feature debut, Daniel & Ana (2009). Premiered in Cannes’ Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, the film offers an ...
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Jul 22, 2021 · The filmmaker Michel Franco, born in Mexico City to a family of Aleppian descent, “talks” with his idol Stanley Kubrick by discussing how the latter influenced his art.
Dec 22, 2023 · In nearly all of his eight narrative features, Mexican director Michel Franco has worn his appetite for the most distressed and tormented of human dramas on his sleeve. His characters have vascillated between acts of abject cruelty and silent, practically stoic indifference to their own behaviors, as well as the rueful consequences of their ...
Jan 29, 2022 · Sundown. by Evan Louison. in Directors, Interviews. on Jan 29, 2022. Michel Franco, Sundown, Tim Roth. Obsessively examining crisis in terms of its navigation and interiority, the films of Mexican director Michel Franco confront common human behavior amidst extraordinary events.
Nov 17, 2023 · Franco was born in Mexico City in 1979 into a Jewish family. His attraction to cinema, which started when he was a teenager, led him to study Communication at the Universidad...
