Greatest Hits

dir. Nicolás Pereda

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Sinopsis

Phillip is a young actor in the pinacle of his career. Always above, he transforms into a different character every night. One day, before a Woyzeck representation, he finds his uncle Walter, an old bear tamer. Phillip father's disdain has always come between their relationship, but soon, they will find out they have a lot in common: the art of representation. They will unravel a skein of unpayable moments in which a refreshing tune is born, unusual in such a curious duo, The captivating story of an intimate friendship, sometimes bittersweet, as all the ones that leave a mark in your life, that will lead, for Walter, into a masterful staging.

Director / Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Production / Rainer Frimmel Screenplay / Tizza Covi y Rainer Frimmel Cinematography / Jakub Bejnarowicz Editing / Tizza Covi, Emily Artman Cast / Philipp Hochmair, Walter Saabel, Vitali Leonti

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Ficción, 100 min.

Nicolás Pereda

Mexico City, 1982. Pereda did his masters degree in film directing at York University. He has filmed six feature films and one short hilm that have awarded him many prized at different festivals worldwide. He has made several films and vidios for interdisciplinary montages, operas and dance pieces that have been presented in Mexico, Asia and Europe. Gabino Rodríguez and Teresa Sánchez are his main stars, but he has considered working with other actors an to hire Gabino as his asistant. He lives between Canada and Mexico, and is married to Andrea Bussmann. They have two children. Pereda's films have been shown at many film festivals, such as: Cannes, Venecia, Rotterdam, FIDMarseille, Viena y Edinburgo, and has won several prizes at their competitions. His first film retrospecctivos took place at Cine de las Américas in Austin, Texas, in 2010. This one was followed by others: in Jeonju, Anthology Film Archives, Paris Cinema, Cartagena IFF, UCLA, Valdivia FF and Harvard Film Archive, among many others in Madris, Seattle, San Francisco, Belo Horizonte and the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto.

Filmografia

  • Historias de dos que soñaron (Tales of Two Who Dreamt) 2016, 82 min., ficción * co-dirección Andrea Bussmann
  • Minotauro 2015, 56 min., ficción
  • Los ausentes 2014, 80 min., ficción
  • El palacio (The Palace) 2013, 36 min., documental, HD
  • Matar extraños (Killing Strangers) co-directed w/Jacob Schulsinger, 2013, 63 min., experimental, HD
  • Los mejores temas (Greatest Hits) 2012, 103 min., ficción, HD
  • Verano de Goliat (Summer of Goliath) 2010, 76min., ficción, 35mm
  • Todo, en fin, el silencio lo ocupaba (All things were now overtaken by silence) 2010, 61 min, documental, HD
  • Perpetuum Mobile 2009, 86 min, ficción, 35mm
  • Entrevista con la tierra (Interview with the Earth) 2009, 18min, documental, HD
  • Juntos (Together) 2009, 73min, ficción, HD
  • ¿Dónde están sus historias? (Where are their stories?) 2007, 73min, ficción, 35mm


Festivales y Premios

  • 2012 Festival de Cine de Lorcano
  • 2012 Festival Internacional de Cine de La Roche-sur-Yon
  • 2012 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana: Premio FIPRESCI a Mejor película
  • 2012 Festival Internacional de Cine de Los Cabos: Premio a Mejor largometraje mexicano

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“Los mejores temas es una mirada fresca sobre un tema tantas veces tratado en el cine como lo ha sido el de la representación. Una obra que se sostiene con actuaciones impecables, que toma forma con base a su contenido y que a partir de esta forma y este contenido, sin miedo, se arriesga a ponerse en juego a sí misma y a poner en juego al espectador de manera directa y sin titubeos.”
— Camila Arriaga Torres: Arcadia

“Pereda propone un diálogo con el documental muy interesante y que asume riesgos cada vez mayores en la cinta alternando a dos intérpretes para el mismo papel que, lejos de restar, ofrecen un nuevo nivel de lectura a la misma”.
— Fernando Moreno: Corre Cámara

“Lo que le importa a Pereda es la transgresión de las convenciones del cine narrativo. La ficción es excusa para acercarse a la mente de sus actores (no modelos ni actores en el sentido convencional) y así alcanzar un nivel de emoción puro y crudo”.
— Indie Lisboa

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