Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)

105 min★ 6.3 · 3,286 votes

• Biography
• Comedy
• Drama

In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.

Release date

November 12, 2015

Country of origin

Belgium, Finland, Mexico, France