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Day 5: Live from Cannes: Tragedy multiples when ‘Blood Appears’

Published on May 19, 2008

This is a film about people who force themselves onto others. The final results are rather chilling to say the least. Part of the Critic’s Week in Cannes, this is now a second time as in many years for director Pablo Fendrik – he was showcased along with his film El asaltante (The Mugger). Blood Appears once again sees the director team with lead actor – Arturo Goetz, who is perfectly followed with the vibrant hand held aesthetic. The director and two actors (Guadalupe Docampo and Goetz) for on hand to present the film – Fendrik was extremely pleased to be back in this section. Prior to this screening, professional film industry photographer Jeff Vespa (who had just finished a photo session with Penelope Cruz) presented his first short (black and white) film entitled Nose Bleed with a very bloodied up David Arquette as his muse.

Pablo Fendrik

Guadalupe Docampo

Jeff Vespa

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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).