Lázaro at Night
International Arthouse
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1h 16m
Directed by Nicolás Pereda | 76 mins | 2024
Three actors compete for a role in the same low-budget movie and for each other’s amorous attentions in this low-key but formally playful existentialist comedy by Nicolás Pereda. Deftly blending fact, fiction, and fable, the Mexican-Canadian director recruits as the central trio his regular collaborators Gabino Rodríguez, Luisa Pardo, and Francisco Barreiro, who play more or less fictionalized versions of themselves.
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