“The cinema that Buñuel wanted to make must continue. Dangerous cinema. The one that, in our eyes and minds, will drown us in beauty and succeed in exploding the universe.” Arturo Ripstein
The Mexican director is celebrating his 80th birthday today. An opportunity to delve into our archives.
From the selection of his films in the International Competition in the 1980s to the retrospective devoted to him in 2011, Arturo Ripstein is certainly a festival regular.
Films in competition :
1987 The Empire of Fortune (Best Sound Award)
1993: Beginning and End (Ex-Æquo Best Actress, City of Nantes Prize, FIP Prize for Best Music)
Films selected for programmes :
1983 Festival: Panorama of Mexican Cinema
1988 Festival: Tribute to the directors
1997 Festival > Pedro Armendariz, father and son
1998 Festival: Selection of films awarded at the festival
2002 Festival: 25 years of great moments and discoveries
2011 Festival: Arturo Ripstein and the conjectures of the labyrinth
