Museo. Folle rapina a Città del Messico
Alonso Ruizpalacios | Mexico | 2018 | 128'
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Screenings
Fri 28 March H 15:30
Section
Original title
Museo
Synopsis
The thirty-something students Juan (Gael García Bernal) and Wilson (Leonardo Ortizgris), indulging in the idleness of their comfortable limbo in the outskirts of Ciudad Satélite, devise a plan to break into Mexico City's National Museum of Anthropology and steal Maya, Mixtec, and Zapotec artifacts. Everything goes according to plan, but the two fail to anticipate the consequences of their actions. Presented in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in 2018, where it won the Silver Bear for the Best Screenplay, Museo is inspired by a real-life event to craft a mischievous narrative filled with gags and witty dialogues about the history of a nation and the identity of its people. This hilarious comedy masterfully balances different tones and narrative genres, featuring a charismatic Gael García Bernal.
Cast
Gael García Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Alfredo Castro, Simon Russell Beale, Bernardo Velasco, Leticia Brédice, Ilse Salas, Lisa Owen
Films Distribution
Luxbox
Production
Panorama Global
Editing
Manuel Alcalá, Alonso Ruizpalacios
Cinematography
Damian García
Editing
Yibran Asuad
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
Italian
Premiere
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Main awards
Silver Berlin Bear, Best Screenplay (Berlinale 2018); City of Athens Award, Golden Athena, Best Director (Athens International Film Festival 2018); Audience Award, Ojo Award, Best Direction of a Mexican Fiction Feature Film (Morelia International Film Festival 2018); Silver Ariel, Best Supporting Actor (Ariel Awards 2019); Directors to Watch (Palm Springs International Film Festival 2019).
Biography
Alonso Ruizpalacios is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. His first feature Güeros (2013), won over 40 prizes in festivals around the world, including Best First Feature at the 2013 Berlinale and the Horizonte Award and the Audience Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Museo (2018), his second feature based on a true story, won the Silver Bear for the Best Screenplay at the 2018 Berlinale and Best Director in Athens and Morelia. His third film, Una película de policías (2021), halfway between documentary and fiction on the Mexican police system, premiered once again at the Berlinale and won the Prize for the Outstanding Artistic Contribution for editing. In 2024 Alonso was back at the Berlinale for the fourth time with La cocina, a delicate comedy inspired by Arnold Wesker's play The Kitchen.
Filmography
2024 - The Kitchen, ff
2021 - A Cop Movie, ff
2018 - Museo, ff
2014 - Güeros, ff