I Promise You Anarchy

I Promise You Anarchy

Film poster
Directed by Julio Hernández Cordón
Produced by
  • Maximiliano Cruz
  • Sandra Gómez
Screenplay by Julio Hernández Cordón
Starring
  • Diego Calva Hernández
  • Eduardo Eliseo Martinez
Music by Erick Bongcam
Cinematography María José Secco
Edited by Lenz Claure
Release dates
  • 9 August 2015 (2015-08-09) (Locarno)
Running time
88 minutes
Country
  • Mexico
  • Germany
Language Spanish
Budget USD$500,000

I Promise You Anarchy (Spanish: Te Prometo Anarquía) is a 2015 Mexican drama film, directed and written by Julio Hernández Cordón. The film stars Diego Calva Hernández and Eduardo Eliseo Martinez as two long-time friends and lovers, and after a failed business are separated by the mother of one of them.

The film premiered at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival, being the only Latin film competing for the Golden Leopard Award and was screened at the Contemporary World Cinema Section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[1][2] After its exhibition at the 13th Morelia International Film Festival, the film earned the Guerrero Award for Best Mexican Feature and a Special Mention by the Jury.[3] The film also received two nominations at the 2016 Ariel Awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography.[4]

Plot

The plot, according to the data sheet of the Morelia International FIlm Festival is: "Miguel (Diego Calva Hernández) and Johnny (Eduardo Eliseo Martínez) are friends and lovers, known since childhood and spend time skating with friends in the streets of Mexico City. They sold his own blood and get donors to the black market. A large blood transaction ends badly for everyone involved. Miguel's mother decides to take him out of the country. Far from Johnny, Miguel will face a new destination.[5]

Cast

Production

Diana Sánchez, artistic director of the Panama International Film Festival, stated that the film is "a lovely and heartfelt exploration of love and friendship. Beautifully shot, the film demonstrates Hernández’s versatility and progression as a filmmaker. The scenes of the skateboarders in Mexico City, for instance, are kinetic and feel very realistic”. According to the director, he tried to mix documentary, fiction and film noir, with the film showing "the innocence of youth and the moments you try to play the bad guy, the criminal, but you are not really that kind of character".[6] Te Prometo Anarquía won one part of a split prize at the 2015 Panamá International Film Festival, where it received US$20,000 dollars to pay post production fees; the rest of the prize (US$5,000 dollars) was awarded to Costa Rica's El Sonido de las Cosas ("The Sound of Things"), directed by Ariel Escalante.[7]

Awards and nominations

Award Category Nominee Result
2015 Panamá International Film Festival[7] Primera Mirada Te Prometo Anarquía Won
2015 Locarno International Film Festival[1] Golden Leopard Te Prometo Anarquía Nominated
2015 San Sebastián International Film Festival[8] Horizons Awards Te Prometo Anarquía Nominated
2015 Morelia International Film Festival[3] Guerrero Award for Best Mexican Feature Te Prometo Anarquía Won
Special Mention by the Jury Won
2015 Festival do Rio[9] FIPRESCI Prize Te Prometo Anarquía Won
2015 Havana Film Festival[10] Coral Award for Best Lead Actor Diego Calva Hernández Won
Eduardo Eliseo Martínez Won
Coral Award for Best Screenplay Julio Hernández Cordón Won
58th Ariel Awards[4] Best Director Julio Hernández Cordón Pending
Best Cinematography María José Secco Pending

References

  1. 1 2 "'Te prometo anarquía' conmueve a público en Festival de Locarno". La Jornada (in Spanish). 9 August 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. "Sandra Bullock’s ‘Our Brand Is Crisis,’ Robert Redford’s ‘Truth’ to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 "¡Felicidades a los ganadores del 13º FICM!". Morelia International Film Festival (in Spanish). 31 October 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 Magaña, Arturo (13 April 2016). "Nominados al Ariel 2016". Cine Premiere (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  5. "Te Prometo Anarquía". Morelia International Film Festival (in Spanish). 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  6. De Pablos, Emiliano. "Latido Brings ‘Anarchy’ to the International Market (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Pickard, Christopher (April 14, 2015). "IFF Panama: Anarchy Triumphs as Primera Mirada Jury Award Two Cash Prizes". Variety. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  8. "Te Prometo Anarquía". San Sebastian Film Festival (in Spanish). 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  9. "Te Prometo Anarquía". International Federation of Film Critics. 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  10. "Premios Corales - 37 Festival". Havana Film Festival (in Spanish). 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2016.

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