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2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Michel & Vicky Franco’s A los ojos

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Michel & Vicky Franco’s A los ojos

Eric Lavallee April 12, 2013 0

#26. Michel & Vicky Franco’s A los ojos Gist: Featuring mostly non-actors, A los ojos is a docu-fiction hybrid about a mother (Año bisiesto‘s Monica del Carmen) who works as a social worker in aiding,

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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #11. Vicky & Michel Franco’s A los ojos (To the Eyes)

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #11. Vicky & Michel Franco’s A los ojos (To the Eyes)

Eric Lavallee January 15, 2013 1

A los ojos (To the Eyes) Directors/Writers: Vicky and Michel Franco Producer(s): Lucia Films’ Michel Franco & Moises Zonana U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Monica del Carmen (Michael Rowe’s Año bisiesto) In my books,

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Sean Durkin, Jane Campion, Rowe & Franco: Top 15 Most Anticipated Miniseries or Made for Television Films of 2013

Sean Durkin, Jane Campion, Rowe & Franco: Top 15 Most Anticipated Miniseries or Made for Television Films of 2013

Nicholas Bell January 9, 2013 0

Here at IONCINEMA.com, our interests with film extends into the world of the occasional television mini-series or made for TV project, a place were we see a lot of notable directors going for artistic

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Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Picks 5 to 1 include Challenging Films from Seidl, Franco & Reygadas

Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Picks 5 to 1 include Challenging Films from Seidl, Franco & Reygadas

Nicholas Bell December 31, 2012 0

#5. Beyond the Hills – Dir. Cristian Mungiu (Romania) Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu returns with this doozy of a film concerning two friends who grew up in an orphanage together. One has become a

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Interview: Michel Franco – After Lucia (Despues de Lucia) | Cannes 2012

Interview: Michel Franco – After Lucia (Despues de Lucia) | Cannes 2012

Eric Lavallee May 30, 2012 1

With Daniel and Ana (selected for Directors’ Fortnight – Cannes 2009) Mexican helmer Michel Franco peers into an unfathomable true life crime that is an assault on the class system and an unfortunate pair

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Inside Cannes 2012 Day 6: Michel Franco’s After Lucia (Despues de Lucia)

Inside Cannes 2012 Day 6: Michel Franco’s After Lucia (Despues de Lucia)

Eric Lavallee May 22, 2012 1

One of the major new discoveries in the Directors’ Fortnight section back in 2009 for Daniel & Ana, Michel Franco’s second visit to the Croisette brought him to the Debussy theatre and an Un

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Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Michel Franco’s After Lucia

Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Michel Franco’s After Lucia

Eric Lavallee May 15, 2012 0

After Lucia – Michel Franco Buzz: I was intensely enthusiastic about the skill levels from this Mexican filmmaker way back in 2009 after having been witness to his nightmarish, gut-wrenching directorial debut in Daniel

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