Una película de policías
Alonso Ruizpalacios | Mexico | 2021 | 107'
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Screenings
Sat 29 March H 14:15
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Original title
Una película de policías
Synopsis
Two professional actors try to understand what it means to be a police officer in Mexico City, embarking on a journey into the corrupt and contradictory world of Mexican law enforcement. Blending documentary and fiction, A Cop Movie, presented in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in 2021, explores the reality of one of the most corrupt police systems in the world. The film challenges the very tools of cinema and visual storytelling, exposing the impossibility of distinguishing between truth and falsehood, between factual account and mythical glorification.
Cast
Mónica Del Carmen, Raúl Briones
Films Distribution
Netflix
Production
No Ficción
Editing
Alonso Ruizpalacios, David Gaitán
Cinematography
Emiliano Villanueva
Editing
Yibrán Asuad
Language
Spagnolo
Subtitles
Italiano
Premiere
Italian Première
Main awards
Silver Berlin Bear, Outstanding Artistic Contribution for Editing (Berlinale 2021); Silver Ariel, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Direction, Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Screenplay, Best Editing (Ariel Awards, Mexico 2022).
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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