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Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #151. Lorena Padilla’s Martínez

Published on January 9, 2023

Martínez

A writer for Rodrigo Reyes’ 499, Mexican filmmaker Lorena Padilla has workshopped her directorial debut Berlinale Talents, Torino Film Labs and got some Guadalajara Film Festival prize money (five total) in post prod for a project that went into production in early ’22. Featuring Francisco Reyes, Humberto Busto, Martha Claudia Moreno, Martínez is comedy that is coined as human connections in big cities. We got a good feeling about this one.

Gist: Martinez, a lonely accountant who really prizes his daily monotony, is pushed by his hierarchy to retire. While his life stability is threatened, his neighbor, a woman of his age, is found dead in her home after several days. Although he has never met her, her death will make him realize that his life is still ahead of him.

Release Date/Prediction: A Venice preem is possible and San Sebastian Film Festival showing is very likely.

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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Annual Top Films Lists

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #151. Lorena Padilla’s Martínez