“A Mexican on the Moon”, a household and common comedy

GUADALARA, Jal. (apor).- The particular movie “A Mexican on the Moon”, directed by Techus Guerrero, Francis Levy Lavalle and José Luis Yáñez López, is a comedy that entails a whole city, the Church and the federal government to do. the nice Levy Lavalle, who died a couple of weeks earlier than the recording of this undertaking, wrote the script impressed by the novel of the identical identify by Manuel Sánchez de la Madrid, which itself was based mostly on a real occasion in Colima.

The movie takes place in Comala, Colima, in July 1969. Simply when folks have been about to journey to the moon. Simón is a journalist who writes fascinating articles within the native newspaper. A couple of weeks earlier than the Apollo 11 spacecraft reaches the moon with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Simón by chance hears a rumor that might deliver him success: that Neil Armstrong is from Mexico and was born in Llano Grande, a small city in southern Mexico. Jalisco.

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With that info, Simón might defeat his enemy, fellow journalist Pepe de la P, and acquire fame for supporting his unborn son and, above all, all the things, to get his father’s recognition. However first he should promise to not hurt the folks of Llano Grande, and to not disclose to the general public that “El Güero” Armstrong is Mexican. All to do good.

The movie, which lasts one hour and 39 minutes, options Héctor Jiménez, Alessio Lapice, Ausencio Cruz, Roberto Ballesteros, Carlos Valencia, Klothilde Campos, Maryfer Santillán, Conchi León and Fermín Martínez in addition to the residents of Buen País, who is predicated in Jalisco, the place the plot was filmed on the finish of February, March and a part of April 2022.

The movie, which has its world premiere, will compete within the Made in Jalisco part of the twenty-ninth version of the Guadalajara Worldwide Movie Competition (FICG), which started on June 7 and can run till ending on the fifteenth of the identical month.

“A Mexican on the Moon” offers with the ethics of journalism, the connection and love of a mom and son, the union of individuals to guard themselves with out harming anybody, the reality, lies, life, dying and migration of Mexicans to america. States. A purpose that stands out within the movie’s narrative helps one another to maneuver ahead, and that’s the reason the story is for the entire household and will be understood on a normal stage.

Ozcar Ramírez Gónzalez, producer with Emanuele Nespeca, reminded the excited viewers that Levy Lavalle handed away in December 2021, which “was a robust blow for all of us, however on the similar time it created an aura throughout the crew , as a result of the identical household of Levy Lavalle inspired us to maneuver ahead, he advised us to not cancel the undertaking. A day after his dying we held a gathering in Comala, and we stated: ‘Are all of us going or ought to we cease?’, and nobody despatched us again.

“So the undertaking at all times had that aura and we tried to meet the concept of ​​Francis, however beneath the brand new route of Techus Guerrero and Yáñez López. Techus labored with Francis and Yáñez López was assistant director and has been my proper hand for fifteen years. Each specified the components. At some point Rosario, from throwing, advised me that Francis couldn’t sleep interested by a imaginative and prescient of a small aircraft flying over a automobile and a bicycle, and that was the one we had, and it was achieved. So I really feel that Francis’ aura was at all times within the movie, however José Luis and Techus additionally knew methods to take it and make it their very own. ”

Yáñez López defined that there was lots to movie in a really brief time:

“We had no choice to increase the shoot and filming was a problem, if nothing else I keep in mind there have been about six and a half pages that we needed to shoot in someday. So it was brutal put on and tear, each appearing and technical, for colleagues from all departments. They have been days during which there was a variety of focus, a variety of fatigue from having talked lots upfront about what we have been going to try this day in order that we did not must do something higher, and we achieved it . Essentially the most sophisticated day was the aerial pictures and with that we began the primary day.”

Techus Guerrero identified that it’s a manufacturing that decentralizes filming, that’s, it was made within the province, however with common entry. The particular movie will quickly be proven in Colima, Comala and Buen País. And there’s nonetheless no launch date in film theaters and platforms.