Undertow Page #4

Synopsis: An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Production: The Film Collaborative
  12 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
97 min
£38,559
Website
236 Views


Again you're swearing?

Do what you want,

but I won't watch.

Where will you go?

- We'll see.

And Miguelito?

- I will take him.

You still love him, huh?

I'll come to you soon.

I promise.

Finally, Miguel.

I've come for the body of Santiago La Rosa.

I want to give it to the sea.

Do you still have it?

-They've already collected it.

Who?

- His family.

They're collecting his stuff from the house

and then they're taking him away.

What?

- You have no business here.

What do you want from here?

He is a good painter, huh?

I don't know. I've never seen any.

He was careful with his work.

But you still, you've posed for him?

- Me?

I can't pose.

I swear I never ...

- Don't worry, Miguel.

He told me about you.

He called me one time

and said that three was someone.

I said nothing.

I didn't even asked your name.

I didn't know what to say.

I pretended I hadn't heard.

Since then he never spoke to me about you.

He still called, but we never talked like we used to.

He said that he painted because of you

That he had this sensitivity because of you.

Madame....

I want to ask a big favour.

It's not for me but for Santiago.

He wanted to be buried here.

In the sea.

I've come to ask your permission.

Thank you, but we'll bury him

alongside his father.

You know he was happiest here.

Mama-...

You know that Santiago ...

- I came to fetch him, and I intend to do it.

He wanted to make sure that you got this.

Thank you for coming.

Madame.

My wife is going to leave me, maybe forever, and take our son.

She will leave me because I'm here and I want to honour my promise to your son.

Santiago wanted to be buried here.

If I don't, he will find no peace.

- Do you know what you're asking me?

You know it's not my request.

I want you to support him ...

...and to accompany him.

Are you sure?

Do it for me.

Isaura.

Shall I help you?

- Are you sure?

This applies to anyone who will listen.

I, Miguel Salas,

stand for this church and parish ...

... In order to give a proper burial to

the lifeless body of Santiago La Rosa.

May our Lord bless this ceremony....

... so he will be merciful unto Santiago.

As we take care of his body,

God will care for his soul ...

... Not so that he no longer wanders restlessly...

... but will rest in peace.

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Javier Fuentes-León

Javier Fuentes-León is a Peruvian film director based in Los Angeles and best known for his directorial long-feature debut Undertow (Spanish title Contracorriente) that starred Cristian Mercado as Miguel, a fisherman who is torn between his love for his pregnant wife Mariela played by Tatiana Astengo and a painter artist Santiago played by Manolo Cardona. The film, a co-production between Peru, Colombia, France and Germany, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and actually won the World Cinema Audience Award . It also won the Sebastiane Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Fuentes-León was born in Peru and graduated from Medical School in Peru, but made a radical change by moving to Los Angeles in 1994 to pursue a career in film directing by studying for a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). His thesis film, Espacios won the National Award for Short Films from the Peruvian government in 1997. He also wrote a theatrical piece Mr. Clouds in 2000, which the National Theater of Peru considered among the best of the year and published it in the compilation Dramaturgia Nacional 2000. In the following years, Fuentes-León worked as the lead writer for reality TV shows at the Telemundo in the U.S., subtitled films from major Hollywood studios into Spanish, and worked as an editor of commercials and TV shows, including Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels for the Food Network, while focusing on his own writing and directing projects. His second short Géminis premiered at Outfest in 2004 and screened at various international film festivals. Currently, Fuentes-León is developing various projects including The Woman Who Feared the Sun (based on his play Mr. Clouds) and Sinister, a rock musical set in a restrictive society of the near future, for which Fuentes-León is writing the music as well. more…

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