Carefully shot in black and white, All Things Were Now Overtaken by Silence is a meditation on the filming of a strange play, a fascinating monologue by actress, director, performance artist and political activist Jesusa Rodriguez of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz’s poem First I Dream. Rodriguez is patiently waiting between shots, while the director and crew make decisions about the shots, moving lights and placing the camera.
Director Nicolas Pereda (Mexico City, 1982): 'This is a film where I seek to explore various aspects of the cinematic process by witnessing the filming of a rather strange play. The film, more than being a making-of, is an exploration of the concept of silence within filmmaking…'.
Pereda has made four feature length films since 2007. A fifth feature, Verano de Goliath, received financial support of the Hubert Bals Fund and is currently in production.
- Director
- Nicolás Pereda
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Countries of production
- Mexico, Canada
- Year
- 2010
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 61'
- Medium
- HDcam
- International title
- All Things Were Now Overtaken by Silence
- Language
- Spanish
- Producer
- Nicolás Pereda
- Production Company
- Nicolás Pereda
- Sales
- FiGa Films
- Cinematography
- Gerardo Barroso, Lisa Tillinger, Alejandro Coronado, Alejandro Coronado
- Editor
- Nicolás Pereda
- Sound Design
- Nicolás Pereda
- Music
- Marcela Rodríguez, Marcela Rodríguez