cinemaztlan :: film | Daniel y Ana

Daniel y Ana

Michel Franco
Mexico | 2009 | 79'

Saturday 31 October
19.45 hrs, De Balie

Daniel and Ana, brother and sister, best friends. Both are at pivotal, defining moments in their contented lives. Ana is about to be married, Daniel is a gregarious teenager discovering his personal and sexual identity. Yet their harmony is instantly shattered when they are kidnapped and something shocking happens which forces them to confront their desires and fears. Suddenly their old lives are a distant memory. Now, nothing they have known will ever be the same again. A controversial film screened at Directo's Fortnight during the Quinzaine de Realisateurs at Cannes 2009.

SEXUALITY

Daniel y Ana is part of the block SEXUALITY. The selection made for this block is as complex and challenging as the processes around sexuality themselves. Surprising, conflicting, even hazardous, these films give a glimpse into present-day life in Mexico. Related to this block is the debate Hard Sex: the development of sexuality and violence in Mexico and Mexican cinema at the University of Amsterdam.