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

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 and Ana (2009’s Directors’ Fortnight), and now Michel Franco is moving up in the festival by taking the logical step up into the Un Certain Regard section. Worth noting: great poster one sheet that further explains how the family dynamic has steered of its natural course.

Gist: Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.