Manto Acuifero
Director/Writer: Michael Rowe
Producer(s): Gael García Bernal, Julian Levin, Arturo Sampson
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Tania Arredondo, Arnoldo Picazzo, Zaili Sofia Macias
Camera D’or winner for Best First Feature in Cannes for his 2011 film Leap Year, the Aussie-born Michael Rowe has become an instant player in the current wave of Mexican auteur cinema.
Gist: Part of a trilogy of films based on solitude, this revolves around a couple who decide to divorce, affecting the emotional state of his daughter, who on her own and through various circumstances, is forced to find support elsewhere.
Release Date: Cannes Film Festival playdate is assured. Un Certain Regard category.
