In the debut feature of Mexican filmmaker-siblings Mariana and Santiago Arriaga, revenge is indeed a dish best served cold. Competing at the Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti sidebar, the coming-of-age road movie “A Cielo Abierto” turns on two teen brothers who are bent on avenging the death of their father in a road accident. They are joined by their new stepsister who, unaware of their intentions at first, later becomes a willing accomplice. As they pause and deliberate on what to do with their prey, what follows helps the brothers come to terms with the deep pain of their loss.
Based on the first original screenplay by their Oscar-nominated father, Guillermo Arriaga, “A Cielo Abierto” (“Upon Open Sky”) takes place in the arid region of Northern Mexico, specifically in the Coahuila desert, where, as children, the siblings would go on many hunting trips with their father. “Much more than the films we’ve seen,...
Based on the first original screenplay by their Oscar-nominated father, Guillermo Arriaga, “A Cielo Abierto” (“Upon Open Sky”) takes place in the arid region of Northern Mexico, specifically in the Coahuila desert, where, as children, the siblings would go on many hunting trips with their father. “Much more than the films we’ve seen,...
- 9/2/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Wild Tales helmer Damián Szifrón calls Warner Bros International’s Evp of Europe & Latin America Distribution, Monique Esclavissat, the “godmother” of his film. The exec was responsible for the studio coming aboard the project at script stage, releasing it in Argentina and ultimately across Latin America. Esclavissat in turn calls Szifrón, “the whole package. He writes amazingly well and understands the human psyche.” So how did these two get together on the now Oscar-shortlisted film (see trailer below) which has become the biggest local title in Argentine history with $18M there and a combined $28.3M in the Warner markets so far?
“At Warner Bros, we’re always looking for new local talent, creative content, local movies,” Esclavissat tells me. She has long been fascinated by Argentinian movies, but the local industry had been relatively quiet for a period with only about 6-9% of the box office, she explains. She’d...
“At Warner Bros, we’re always looking for new local talent, creative content, local movies,” Esclavissat tells me. She has long been fascinated by Argentinian movies, but the local industry had been relatively quiet for a period with only about 6-9% of the box office, she explains. She’d...
- 12/23/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
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