Pedro Páramo
Rodrigo Prieto
3:30 PM, Milagro Cinemas, November 2nd
Mexico | 2024 | 130′ | Spanish
Based on the literary masterpiece from Juan Rulfo, the film narrates Juan Preciado's (Tenoch Huerta) journey full of illusions while he searches for the wealth of a father whom he does not know. But when Juan arrives in Comala, he only finds the atrocious memories of a town subjected for decades to that ruthless man, Pedro Páramo (Manuel García-Rulfo). Pedro's violent crusade in pursuit of wealth and fury over his unrequited love for Susana San Juan (Ilse Salas) condemned the entirety of Comala to rot with him. So much so that Juan begins to wonder if the inhabitants of this place might not be alive.
Director • Dirección
Rodrigo Prieto
Screenplay • Guión
Mateo Gil
Cinematography • Fotografía
Rodrigo Prieto, Nico Aguilar
Music • Score
Gustavo Santaolalla
Sound • Sonido
Severin Favriau
Production Design
Eugenio Caballero and Carlos Y. Jaques
Edition • Edición
Soledad Salfate
Producer • Productor
Stacy Perskie (Redrum) and Rafael Ley (Woo Films)
Cast • Elenco
Manuel García Rulfo, Tenoch Huerta, Dolores Heredia, Ilse Salas, Héctor Kotsifakis, Mayra Batalla, Roberto Sosa, Giovanna Zacarías, Noé Hernández y Yoshira Escárrega.
Director
Rodrigo Prieto
One of the most respected and acclaimed cinematographers in the world, Rodrigo Prieto is known for his meticulous setups, unconventional camerawork, and rich use of color. He’s been nominated for four Academy Awards for his work on Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, and Martin Scorsese’s Silence, The Irishman, and Killers of the Flower Moon.
Rodrigo’s directorial debut, the short film Likeness starring Elle Fanning, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Rodrigo collaborates with some of the biggest names in film, including Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, Oliver Stone, Alejandro González Iñárritu and most recently Greta Gerwig on Barbie.
His first collaboration with Iñárritu, Amores Perros (2000), is widely hailed as the cinematographer’s breakthrough and spurred Rodrigo’s relocation from Mexico to Los Angeles. This movie, along with their next two projects, 21 Grams and Babel, are regarded as three of the films that have led the renaissance of Mexican cinema. Other notable films Rodrigo has shot include Frida, 8 Mile, Argo, Spike Lee’s 25th Hour, Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, and most recently the films Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie.