Leap Year ( Año bisiesto ) ( Disekto etos )

Leap Year (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Año bisiesto
Alternate Title: Disekto etos
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Music Video
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Mexico ( Latin America, Mexico )

Directed By:
Michael Rowe

Written By:
Lucia Carreras
Michael Rowe

Actors:
Monica del Carmen ..... Laura
Gustavo Sánchez Parra ..... Arturo
Armando Hernández ..... Hombre 3
Diego Chas ..... Hombre 1
Ernesto González ..... Viejito
Bertha Mendiola ..... Viejita
José Juan Meraz ..... Novio Vecina
Nur Rubio ..... Cajera
Jaime Sierra ..... Hombre 2
Ireri Solís ..... Vecina
Marco Zapata ..... Raúl

Synopsis:

Winner of the prestigious Camera D'Or prize for Best First Feature at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and one of the most controversial films of the year, Leap Year (Año Bisiesto), from Mexico, is the outstanding debut feature film of Australian director Michael Rowe, a character study on loneliness, featuring an extraordinary leading performance by Mónica Del Carmen (Babel), supported by Gustavo Sánchez Parra (Amores Perros, Man on Fire). This highly charged sexual thriller, set within the small confines of a Mexican apartment, follows 29 days in the dispirited life of freelance journalist Laura Lopez, as she moves from one anonymous sexual encounter to another. Soon, Laura meets a man by the name of Arturo, and it is not long before she is submitting to demeaning sexual acts as part of their relationship, a tragic psychological reaction to a secret trauma from her past, which occurred on the previous leap year. When Laura marks a red square around an upcoming date on her calendar wall, the wheels are set in motion for what will turn out to be a startling conclusion.

Michael Rowe's controversial Mexican thriller LEAP YEAR (ANO BISIESTO) tells the highly charged story of freelance journalist Laura Lopez (Monica Del Carmen) as she initially moves from one anonymous sexual encounter to another. Eventually she meets Arturo, and the pair embark on an increasingly shocking erotic exploration; one relating to a tragic psychological trauma in Laura's past.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 08 March, 2011.

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