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Michel Franco (born 28 August 1979) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film After Lucia that won the Prize Un Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. His films typically deal with themes of dysfunctional families.
Michel Franco was born on 28 August 1979 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a producer and writer, known for New Order (2020), Chronic (2015) and After Lucia (2012).
Dec 22, 2023 · In nearly all of his eight narrative features, Mexican director Michel Franco has worn his appetite for the most distressed and tormented of human dramas on his sleeve. His characters have vascillated between acts of abject cruelty and silent, practically stoic indifference to their own behaviors, as well as the rueful consequences ...
Jan 5, 2024 · Memory: Directed by Michel Franco. With Alan Nehama, Dutch Welch, Aliya Campbell, Donald McQueen. Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion.
May 29, 2022 · In less than 20 years, writer-director Michel Franco has carved a niche for himself in the more austere parts of world cinema. The Mexican filmmaker has never shied away from representing thorny issues on screen, beginning with his feature debut, Daniel & Ana (2009).
Sep 8, 2023 · In 'Memory,' Michel Franco applies his rigorous style to more optimistic material: an unconventional romance between two damaged-goods New Yorkers.
Jan 29, 2022 · Obsessively examining crisis in terms of its navigation and interiority, the films of Mexican director Michel Franco confront common human behavior amidst extraordinary events.
