The exhibition "Amexica: Marie Baronnet" consists of prints in frank colors, often contrasted, and a documentary film co-produced by Velvet Film and Arte.
Screening evening
El velador (Mexico, 2011, documentary, 72 min, VOSTFR)
Filmed in the labyrinth of the narco-cemetery of Culiacan, El velador follows Martin who, night after night, watches over the extravagant chapels of the infamous Mexican drug lords. This film about violence without violence tells us how, in the terror of the bloodiest conflict that Mexico has known since its revolution, life is reborn and mocks death every day. Javier Martin, selection committee of the Directors' Fortnight about the film El velador
Natalia Almada
Director of El General (2009 Best Documentary Director Award at Sundance), Al Otro Lado (2005 Tribeca Festival) and All Water Has a Perfect Memory (2002 Sundance, 2003 Best Short Documentary Award at Tribeca). Natalia Almada lives between Mexico and New York.
The screening will be preceded by the film La promesa by Marie Baronnet (Mexico, 2023, documentary, 8 min, VOSTFR)
El velador (Mexico, 2011, documentary, 72 min, VOSTFR)
Filmed in the labyrinth of the narco-cemetery of Culiacan, El velador follows Martin who, night after night, watches over the extravagant chapels of the infamous Mexican drug lords. This film about violence without violence tells us how, in the terror of the bloodiest conflict that Mexico has known since its revolution, life is reborn and mocks death every day. Javier Martin, selection committee of the Directors' Fortnight about the film El velador
Natalia Almada
Director of El General (2009 Best Documentary Director Award at Sundance), Al Otro Lado (2005 Tribeca Festival) and All Water Has a Perfect Memory (2002 Sundance, 2003 Best Short Documentary Award at Tribeca). Natalia Almada lives between Mexico and New York.
The screening will be preceded by the film La promesa by Marie Baronnet (Mexico, 2023, documentary, 8 min, VOSTFR)
