A Conversation with Alonso Ruizpalacios – EVENT POSTPONED TO FALL 2020

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Alonso Ruizpalacios is a rising star among the new generation of Mexican directors, after Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuaron. His work is highly original, engaging with Mexico’s recent past in provocative ways. “Güeros,” a revisionist cinematic exploration of politics (Mexico’s student movement of the 1990s) and of auteur cinema (Nouvelle Vague) has been acclaimed worldwide. The New York Times describes the film as “a flip-book history lesson, one that evokes the pain and comedy — the pop, the politics, the tedium and the momentousness — of a particular moment in the endless, cyclical chronicles of youth and disillusionment.”

At 5:30 PM, there will be a screening of Ruizpalacios's film "Güeros" (1 hour, 46 minutes). The screening is free and open to the public. The film won five Ariel Awards, including Best Picture in 2015.