Malaventura

  • 67'
  • Mexico
  • 2011
The opening scene lasts for more than nine minutes and sets the tone for Malaventura. While it slowly, very slowly gets lighter and the slightly threatening music crawls under your skin, an old man wakes up and performs his morning ritual.
We follow him in a series of lengthy shots in one day, his last day, shuffling through the streets of Mexico City. There is a series of encounters, some grim and puzzling, some commonplace or absurdist. The old man roams through his past while everyday life slips by him.
The final credits state that Malaventura was shot in 'Chamagoscope'. It is a joke at the expense of conservative Mexican critics who tend to write off the films of the younger generation of directors - one of whom is Lipkes - as 'chamago cinema', in other words 'grimy film'. With his stately, considered images, Lipkes however demonstrates that grimy does not need to be an insult.


  • 67'
  • Mexico
  • 2011
Director
Michel Lipkes
Premiere
International première
Country of production
Mexico
Year
2011
Festival Edition
IFFR 2012
Length
67'
Medium
HDcam
Language
Spanish
Producers
Michel Lipkes, Milko Luis Coronel
Production Company
Axolote Cine
Sales
RAMONDAParis
Screenplay
Fernando del Razo, Michel Lipkes
Cinematography
Gerardo Barroso Alcalá
Editor
León Felipe González, Michel Lipkes
Production Design
Nohemi Gonzalez
Sound Design
Alejandro de Icaza, Jose Miguel Enriquez
Music
Galo Durán
Cast
Isaac Lopez, José Alfredo Martínez
Director
Michel Lipkes
Premiere
International première
Country of production
Mexico
Year
2011
Festival Edition
IFFR 2012
Length
67'
Medium
HDcam
Language
Spanish
Producers
Michel Lipkes, Milko Luis Coronel
Production Company
Axolote Cine
Sales
RAMONDAParis
Screenplay
Fernando del Razo, Michel Lipkes
Cinematography
Gerardo Barroso Alcalá
Editor
León Felipe González, Michel Lipkes
Production Design
Nohemi Gonzalez
Sound Design
Alejandro de Icaza, Jose Miguel Enriquez
Music
Galo Durán
Cast
Isaac Lopez, José Alfredo Martínez