#23. HELI
Director/Writer: Amat Escalante
Producers: Jaime Romandia (producer for Carlos Reygadas’ films)
Distributor: Rights Available.
Photo Exclusive: Featuring filmmaker Amat Escalante.
The Gist: In a small Mexican town, where most citizens work for an automobile assembly plant or the local drug cartel, Heli is confronted with police corruption, drug trafficking, sexual exploitation, love, guilt and revenge in the search for his father who has mysteriously disappeared.
Cast: None mentioned so far, but I imagine he’ll use non-actors who might have experienced some of the realities proposed in the screenplay.
Why is it on the list?: Like his mentor Reygadas, Escalante favors a brute force aesthetic realism that goes a long way in describing the realities of modern day Mexico.
Release Date/Status?: Update: this is still in pre-production and should begin filming in the summer, so perhaps earliest would be Cannes in 2011…where Escalante showcased Los Bastardos and Sangre.
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