Sujo
- Film présenté cette année à Cinélatino
Sin señas particulares, (Astrid Rondero is co-scriptwriter and producer) selected for the official competition.
- Direction
- Astrid Rondero
- Country
- Mexico
- Format
- Feature film
- Type
- Fiction
- Original title
- Sujo
- Scenario
- Astrid Rondero
Astrid Rondero
Astrid Rondero has received grants and support from Berlinale Talents, Sundance Film Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, among others. Her first feature, Los días más oscuros de nosotros, received international awards and was nominated for two Silver Ariels in 2019 : Best Debut Film and Best Actress. She is the main producer and co-writer of Sin señas particulares, directed by Fernanda Valadez and recently awarded at Sundance. Astrid is preparing her second feature, Sujo, a project selected for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab (Morelia 2019).
Filmography
– Sin Señas Particulares, 2020, Feature film
– The Darkest Days of Us, 2017, Feature film
– En Aguas Quietas, 2011, Short film
Synopsis
When Josue, a petty cartel gun man, is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved five-year old son. Sujo will grow up with his aunt, amidst hardship and the constant danger of the cartel. When his father’s destiny seems to catch up with him, Sujo will escape to the city, leaving his childhood behind. He will never know it but he will fulfill his father’s wish who named him after the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in the misery of his own childhood : a horse, black and pure, called Sujo.
Visual concept
The imagery of Sujo will feed on the contradictions of Mexican reality, a mix between crudeness and beauty. Flowers, colors and memorabilia in mausoleums, against rotten walls, bullet holes and dirty streets, where new capos are making their way into a soon-to-be forgotten history. In Sujo we will build a bridge between reality and dreams but the cinematography will not fall in the trap of artifice. We will work mostly with natural light and waiting, camera ready to get into the mystery of what we miss in everyday life.
- Objectives sought in Films in Development
We are looking to meet possible partners willing to contribute to advancing this project : co-producers, sales agents, film funds, financers.
- Shooting planned date
February 2021
- Planned shooting location
Guanajuato and Mexico City (Mexico)
- Budget
- 1 100 000,00 USD
- Percentage of funding in place
- 275 000 USD
- Project's development phase
Advanced development, financing
- Production
- EnAguas cine
- Coproduction
- Avanti Pictures
- Biographie producteur.ice
Fernanda is a Mexican writer-director and producer. She is the director of Sin señas particulares (Audience Award, Best Screenplay Award, Sundance 2020). She has produced the films Plastic (by Ricardo Soto, 2015, developed at The Locarno Filmmakers Academy), Los días más oscuros de nosotros (by Astrid Rondero, 2017, nominated for two Silver Ariels and winner of several international awards) and Lighting in the mountains, documentary in post-production by Dalia Reyes.