THIS LOVE-TRIANGLE COMIC DRAMA DIRECTED BY FEDERICO OPENS OCTOBER 29 AT THE QUAD CINEMA
ATOPIA FILMS is pleased to announce the New York theatrical release of A SILENT LOVE by Federico Hidalgo. The film that has been acclaimed in several film festivals around the world opens Friday, October 30 at Quad Cinema in Manhattan. A SILENT LOVE will also open in L.A., San Francisco, Chicago and Miami.
Starring Vanessa Bauche (Amores Perros) who "radiates a crackling intelligence and south-of-the-border spunk" [Variety], A SILENT LOVE is a love-triangle comic drama that unfolds both in Montreal and Mexico. The film has won two Best Screenplay awards, at the Brooklyn International Film Festival and the Miami Latin Film Festival, where Mexican discovery Susana Salazar picked up an Honorable Mention for her outstanding performance: "Salazar basks gloriously in one of those rare roles that allows an actress of "a certain age" to seem funny, sexy, vital..." [Variety].
A SILENT LOVE has also garnered public and critical acclaim at some of the world's most prestigious film festivals and showcases, including Sundance 2004, the Guadalajara Muestra de Cine, and the Museum of Modern Art's Canadian Front: New Films showcase. A SILENT LOVE is a first feature by Argentine-Canadian writer/director Hidalgo and is produced by Pascal Maeder.
Noel Burton plays Norman, a shy, middle-aged teacher from Montreal who meets Gladys, a beautiful, impulsive Mexican woman (Bauche), through the services of an Internet agency. Full of hope, Norman flies off to Mexico to ask Gladys to marry him and move to Montreal. Gladys agrees on one condition, that her widowed mother, Fernanda (Salazar) comes along. Norman readily agrees, unaware of the romantic sparks about to fly. Unexpected feelings and desires between Norman, Gladys and Fernanda heat up and culminate in an emotional showdown.
ATOPIA's production branch was founded in 2000 and the company recently expanded its operations to domestic distribution. Several projects are slated for production and distribution, including Federico Hidalgo's next film.
Further information on A SILENT LOVE and high resolution stills can be found at www.asilentlove.com.
To schedule an interview with the filmmaker director Federico Hidalgo, Paulina Robles (co-screenwriter) or Vanessa Bauche, or to get a screener tape of the film for review, please contact Carlos A. Gutiérrez
at (212) 254-5474 o en press@cinematropical.com
Credits:
Director: Federico Hidalgo. Producer: Pascal Maeder. Screenplay: Federico Hidalgo & Paulina Robles. Associate Producers: Luc Déry & Benoît Chartrand. Cinematography: François Dagenais, csc. Production Design: Gabriel Tsampalieros. Costumes: Maory Gastelo. Music: Robert Marcel Lepage. Editing: Maxime Chalifoux. Cast: Vanessa Bauche, Noel Burton, Susana Salazar, Maka Kotto, Regina Orozco, Jorge Zárate y la participáción especial de Carmen Salinas.
Opens Friday, October 29
at Quad Cinema
34 West 12th Street (between 5th and 6th Ave.)
Nueva York, NY
(212) 255-8800
To purchase tickets in advance call 777-FILM #636 or visit www.moviefone.com
*Q&A with filmmaker on the screenings fo Saturday, October 30.
