This riveting debut feature by British director Lucy Mulloy premiered at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival and 2012 Tribeca Film Festival to international critical acclaim, earning rave reviews. It made worldwide news when two of the film’s lead actors, Javier Nuñez Florián and Anailín de la Rúa de la Torre, on their way to present the film at its New York premiere, disappeared, defecting to the U.S. In a highly publicized twist Javier Nuñez Florián and his co-star Dariel Arrechada went on to win the Best Actor Award with Nuñez, remaining in hiding during the ensuing media frenzy. Una Noche cleaned up at Tribeca Film Festival in juried awards, taking home Best Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best New Director honors.
“Nervous desperation is the energy of Una Noche,” wrote the late legendary critic Roger Ebert, “a sexually charged and tense film that takes place over the course of one very long day in Havana, as three teenagers scheme to put together a raft that will transport them the 90 dangerous miles across the ocean to Miami. Havana jumps off the screen in a visceral way. You can smell it, feel it, like a living presence… You can sense the exhaustion. (Director Lucy) Mulloy, who also wrote the screenplay, spent years in Havana researching and finding the perfect non-professional actors who could handle this material. It is a confident and striking debut, with gorgeous and somewhat tragic footage of current-day Havana, in all its dilapidated splendor. The plot hurtles along on its rickety rails, plunging towards that expanse of crashing ocean that represents freedom and escape.”
Among many other accolades, Una Noche has also received the following honors:
- Gotham Award Spotlight Award For Women Filmmakers
- Berlin Film Festival Nominated for Crystal Bear
- Berlin Film Festival Nominated for Cinema Fairbindet Prize
- Berlin Film Festival Finalist for Teddy Award
- Brasilia International Film Festival Best Script
- Deauville American Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
- Athens International Film Festival Best Script
- Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Best Foreign Film
- Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Best Director
- Stockholm International Film Festival Telia Award
- International Film Festival of India Special Jury Prize
- Oaxaca Film Festival Best Actor, Javier Nuñez Florian
- Independent Spirit Awards Best First Feature Nomination,
- Independent Spirit Awards Best Editor Nomination
This one-night-only exclusive screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Lucy Mulloy and two of the film protagonists.
BARUCH COLLEGE
25th Street, corner of Lexington Ave., NYC
5th Floor, ROOM 165
Space is VERY limited
To RSVP, write to: cccofny@aol.com
This event is presented in association with the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature at Baruch College
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