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| Written by GR Staff | |
| Saturday, 01 December 2007 | |
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Actress Helen Hunt will be the star attraction at the closing ceremony of the 2007 Puerto Vallarta Film Festival. Hunt's film directorial debut, "Then She Found Me," will be presented during the festival, which runs at the Cinemark Plaza Caracol from December 5 to 9.
Once again, the festival will feature an environmental section with a screening of David Attenborough's "Planet Herat." Other environmental films include "The Unforeseen," "The 11th Hour," "Oil on Ice," "Maynard Dixon: Art & Spirit" and "Manufactured Landscapes." This year debuts a Canada section, featuring Paul Haggis' "In the Valley of Elah," starring Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, James Franco and Charlize Theron; François Girard's "Silk," Paolo Barzman's "Emotional Arithmetic" and Charles Binamé's "The Rocket." Independent movies are strong this year, led by "Amexicano," directed by Matthew Bonifacio.The story is about a hard-working Mexican immigrant and a blue-collar Italian-American from Queens, whose unlikely friendship wavers under the weight of a language barrier, cultural differences, racial prejudices, and the threat of deportation. "The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez," directed by Kieran Fitzgerald is a documentary focusing on the murder of 18-year-old American citizen Esequiel Hernandez by a U.S. Marine team in Texas. And "Trade," directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner, is based on Peter Landesman's 2004 New York Times Magazine cover story about the sinister world where young children are kidnapped and sold as sex slaves. A special screening of "On Location: The Night of the Iguana," a documentary shot during the making of the John Huston film that put Puerto Vallarta on the international map in 1963. Six feature films will represent the latest in Latin American movie-making, including heartthrob Gael Garcia Bernal's most recent film, "The Past," directed by Argentinean Hector Babenco. Another highlight is Tapatia director Patricia Riggen's "Under the Same Moon," critically received at this year's Sundance Festival. The film tells the tale of a young Mexican who crosses the border to meet his mother after his grandmother passes away. The film stars Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez and Carmen Salinas, actors that are well-known to Mexican television audiences. For more information and a full schedule visit www.vallarta filmfestival.com. |
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