Veteran Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein is behind numerous classics such as "The Castle of Purity, " "The Place Without Limits," or "Depp Crimson," and despite being in his seventies, the prolific artist continues to take risks, as is the case with his latest tragicomedy "Bleak Street." His close relationship with Spanish master Luis Buñuel is evident in the film both thematically and stylistically, yet it's propelled by Ripstein's singular affinity for finding Mexico City's dark corners and the characters that inhabit them.
The filmmaker's son, Gabriel Ripstein, is now also a director and producer whose debut feature "600 Miles" represented Mexico in the Best Foreign Language Film race at this year's Academy Awards and which will be released in the U.S. by Pantelion later this year.
"Bleak Street" will be released theatrically on January 20 at Film Forum in NYC by Leisure Time Features
The official synopsis reads as follows:
In the early morning hours, two elderly prostitutes go back to their hovels. They are not tired from working; they are tired of not working. One has problems at home with her teenage daughter and cross dressing husband. The other lives with her invalid mother and loneliness. But that night, they have a date to celebrate the victory in the ring of two wrestlers, twin midgets wearing masks. At the hourly hotel, in order to rob the tiny men of their earnings, they drug them with eye drops. But the dose proves fatal. They murder them unintentionally. Scared and confused, they decide to hide from the police and run away together to live, as they always have, on Bleak Street.
You can watch the trailer below...
The filmmaker's son, Gabriel Ripstein, is now also a director and producer whose debut feature "600 Miles" represented Mexico in the Best Foreign Language Film race at this year's Academy Awards and which will be released in the U.S. by Pantelion later this year.
"Bleak Street" will be released theatrically on January 20 at Film Forum in NYC by Leisure Time Features
The official synopsis reads as follows:
In the early morning hours, two elderly prostitutes go back to their hovels. They are not tired from working; they are tired of not working. One has problems at home with her teenage daughter and cross dressing husband. The other lives with her invalid mother and loneliness. But that night, they have a date to celebrate the victory in the ring of two wrestlers, twin midgets wearing masks. At the hourly hotel, in order to rob the tiny men of their earnings, they drug them with eye drops. But the dose proves fatal. They murder them unintentionally. Scared and confused, they decide to hide from the police and run away together to live, as they always have, on Bleak Street.
You can watch the trailer below...
- 1/20/2016
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
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