Ricochet

Rodrigo Fiallega

Talents Mexico, Spain 90 min Spanish premiere Fiction

Synopsis

En una afable contrada mexicana, el Martijn viu obsessionat per la pèrdua d’un ésser estimat. Filmada al llarg d’un sol dia, l’òpera prima de Rodrigo Fiallega sorprèn per la seva contenció i domini del temps fílmic, i combina subtilment la bellesa del paisatge amb la força d’un relat in crescendo sobre dol i venjança que guanya forma conversa a conversa. Un debut prometedor entre el cinema d’Emilio “El Indio” Fernández i l’univers de Juan Rulfo.

Themes

Latin American CinemaDramaFirst FeatureContryside

Filmmaker

Rodrigo Fiallega

He has a degree in Philosophy and a doctorate in Audiovisual Communication. His audiovisual career begins in the field of advertising, where he works for filmmakers such as Alejandro González Iñárritu or Armando Bo. He has done visual effects for major productions such as Thor: Ragnarok or Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. At the same time, he directs several shorts and animations that have been seen in IndieLisboa, Animadrid or Morelia. Ricochet is his first feature film.

Filmography: El exorcismo de Carmen Farías (2021), Ricochet (2020), Satélite (curt, 2016), Paseo nocturno (curt, 2008), Anónimo (curt, 2003)

Rodrigo Fiallega

Film information

Director: Rodrigo Fiallega
Script: Rodrigo Fiallega
Contact: Érase una vez films
With: Martín Kuiper, Iazua Larios, Andrés Almeida, Jose Manuel Poncelis, Claudia Frías
Country: Mexico, Spain
Year: 2020
Format: DCP
Length: 90 min
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Subtitles in Filmin: English, Spanish
Edition: 2021

Awards

MORELIA FILM FESTIVAL
Ojito Award for Best Actor

Poster

Ricochet