Viggo Mortensen and Chiara Mastroianni Star in Director Lisandro Alonso’s EUREKA, Opening in Theaters on 9/20
Director Lisandro Alonso Traverses Time, Space And Genre for a Unique and Intoxicating Meditation on the Experiences of Indigenous Communities, Starring Viggo Mortensen and Chiara Mastroianni
Alonso’s “Most Expansive and Ambitious Film to Date” Premieres in Theaters Beginning September 20, 2024
SYNOPSIS
Traversing time, space and genre, Argentinian filmmaker Lisandro Alonso presents an elliptical meditation on the experiences of indigenous communities across the Americas. Opening in a dusty town of the Old West, reality soon transitions to contemporary South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation before finally landing in the jungles of 1970s Brazil. As the triptych unfolds, each temporal and spatial shift provokes metaphysical questions about colonial influence on native peoples and the ever-present tensions between indigeneity and the Western world. Featuring three-time Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen, EUREKA is a graceful refraction of history and place, marking it Alonso’s “most expansive and ambitious film to date” (Screen Anarchy).
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY: LISANDRO ALONSO
Born in 1975 in Buenos Aires, Alonso studied for three years at the Universidad del Cine. After co-directing his first short film Dos En La Vereda in 1995, he worked as an assistant director and sound designer until 2000. His first feature film, La Libertad, which focuses on the relationship between a lonely lumberjack and his environment, premiered at the Cannes Film festival, Un Certain Regard. After creating his own production company 4L, Alonso returned to Cannes in 2004 with Los Muertos, which premiered in the Directors Fortnight. Two years later, he completed his trilogy with Fantasma. In 2008, the director decided to lean toward a more fictional approach with Liverpool, following a young sailor looking for his mother in the lost villages of Tierra del Fuego. Five years later, Jauja, set in 19th century Denmark and Argentina and starring Viggo Mortensen, won the FIPRESCI award in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.
SELECT FILM FESTIVALS/AWARDS
- Busan Int’l Film Festival (2023)
- Cannes Film Festival (2023)
- Gijon Int’l Film Festival (2023) | Nominee, Best Film
- Mar del Plata Film Festival (2023)
- Munich Film Festival (2023) | Nominee, Best International Film
- New York Film Festival (2023)
- Pingayo Int’l Film Festival (2023) | Nominee, People’s Choice Award
- Rome Film Festival (2023)
- San Francisco Int’l Film Festival (2024) | Nominee, Golden Gate Award
- Thessaloniki Int’l Film Festival (2023)
THEATERS/MARKETS/DATES
Metrograph | New York City | September 20
American Cinematheque | Los Angeles | September 20
Cleveland Cinematheque | Cleveland | September 20
Now Instant Image Hall | Los Angeles | September 26
Digital Gym Cinema | San Diego | September 27
Rice Cinema | Houston | October 4
Gene Siskel Film Center | Chicago | October 4
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | Hartford | October 11
Space Gallery | Portland | October 16
UWM Union Theatre | Milwaukee | November 8
EUREKA (2023)
Directed by: Lisandro Alonso
Written by: Lisandro Alonso, Martin Caamaño, Fabian Casas
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Chiara Mastroianni, Alaina Clifford, Sadie LaPointe, Viilbjørk Malling Agger
Produced by: Carine Lablanc, Marianne Slot
Director of Photography: Mauro Herce, Timo Salminen
Genre: Drama/World Cinema
RT: 147 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1, 1.85: 1, 1.64:1
Sound: 2.0 Stereo/5.1 Surround
Language: English, Lakota, Portuguese with English Subtitles
