Six Months in a Pink and Blue Constructing (Seis Meses e el Edificio Rosa con Azul). The title alone could intrigue you sufficient to go watch Mexican director Bruno Santamaría Razo‘s first fiction feature, which world premieres in this year’s version of the Cannes Critics’ Week on Tuesday, Might 19.
If you wish to know a bit extra, right here is the synopsis: “Bruno, a young, precocious 11-year-old growing up in 1990s Mexico City, must cope with grown-up responsibilities following the life-changing news of his father’s HIV diagnosis. This news transforms his innocent childhood as he must navigate his emotions not only about his father’s illness and its impact on his entire family, but also his growing feelings for his best friend Vladimir.”
Mirroring salsa songs, the household tries to sing and dance their ache away. However 30 years later, Bruno feels the urge to movie and reimagine the reminiscence of what he couldn’t fairly understand as a child. Concludes the outline of the movie: “Through a lens of familial love and joyful celebration, the filmmaker processes the pain, and ultimately understanding, of this turbulent time in his childhood.”
The solid is made up of Jade Reyes, Sofía Espinosa, Lázaro Gabino, Eduardo Ayala, Valeria Vanegas, Anuar Vera, Teresa Sánchez, Valentina Cohen, Nara Carreira and Demick Lopes.
Santamaría Razo, whose movies discover reminiscence, secrets and techniques, and childhood, has labored as a cinematographer and documentary director. His 2020 documentary Cosas que no hacemos received the Gold Hugo Award on the Chicago International Movie Pageant and the Grand Prize at BAFICI.
He wrote and directed Six Months in a Pink and Blue Constructing and edited it with Andrea Rabasa Jofre. Fernando Hernández García dealt with the cinematography for the film, which was produced by Carlos Quinonez and Bruna Haddad. Luxbox is in command of gross sales. The movie was produced by Mexico’s Ojo de Vaca Productora in co-production with Brazil’s Desvia Movies and Denmark’s Snowglobe.
“During filming, something very powerful happened,” the filmmaker shares in press notes concerning the movie. “For example, there was a moment when an actor said a very ordinary line, something simple, and someone in my family heard it and immediately recognized themselves in it. Even if they didn’t remember ever saying it, they recognized themselves. They saw themselves there. And that was very important to me. Because I felt fiction was managing to connect with something deeply true.”
THR can now solely reveal a clip for Six Months in a Pink and Blue Constructing. It means that you can get a primary really feel for the cinematic tone and vibe of the movie because it transports us to Mexico Metropolis within the ‘90s. Get ready to move and dance – and to get a sneak peek at Bruno and his surroundings. But don’t neglect: Inhale! Exhale!
Watch the unique clip from Six Months in a Pink and Blue Constructing under.
