Latin Noir


Documentary | Greece, France, Mexico | 2021 | 68 min | Greek, French, Spanish

Synopsis

Latin Noir travels to five Latin American cities to meet with famous crime novelists Leonardo Padura (Havana), Luis Sepúlveda (Santiago), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Mexico City), Santiago Roncagliolo (Lima) and Claudia Pineiro (Buenos Aires). Through their work, we discover a unique genre of flourishing literature that has a strikingly different tone from its North American or Nordic counterparts: it’s political, dark and above all concerned with a sense of extreme disorder created by the State’s involvement in crime.

Director

He is a filmmaker and one of Greece’s best crime novelists. His most recent feature documentary is Citizen Europe. His work includes Place Without People, The Network and the series, Twice a Stranger and The Journey of Food. He has written eight crime novels and short story collections and has translated more than 30 works of crime fiction.

Ver funciones

International Premiere

Director - Directors
Andreas Apostolidis
Guión - Screenplay
Andreas Apostolidis
Productor - Producer
Rea Apostolides, Yuri Averof, Estelle Robin You, Sergio Muñoz
Música - Music:
Mathieu Coupat, Julien Baril
Sonido - Sound:
Aris Kafentzis, Yannis Antipas, Deniro Guido
Cinematografía - Cinematography:
Jordi Esgleas Marroi, Constanza Sandoval, Yannis Kanakis
Edición - Editor:
Yuri Averof
Dirección de Arte - Production Design:
Andreas Apostolidis
Intérpretes - Cast
Leonardo Padura, Luis Sepúlveda, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Santiago Roncagliolo, Claudia Pineiro
Contacto - Contact
Point du Jour International - Doris Weitzel
d.weitzel@pointdujour.fr