SON OF MONARCHS / HIJO DE MONARCAS
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LATEST SCREENINGS
Cobble Hill Cinemas, Brooklyn - October 15- 22 / Cinema Village, Manhattan - October 15-22
WarnerMedia OneFifty Nets U.S. Rights to Sundance Winner ‘Son of Monarchs’ for HBO Max, Drops Official Poster
VARIETY
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PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
“The film’s rich imagery will be imprinted in your memory, returning to you in dreams.” - The New York Times - Critic’s Pick, Isabelia Herrera
“A daring mosaic which floats like a butterfly...a visually flamboyant film” - Screen International, Jonathan Romney
“a powerful, necessary intervention whose intellectual rigor and emotional heft cannot be denied” - Variety, Manuel Betancourt
“Science Meets Magical Realism in Son of Monarchs” Scientific American, Pakinam Amer
“A Poignant Story of Transformation” - IndieWire, Judi Dry
“A Lyrical Portrait of Fractured Identity” - The Film Stage, Diego Andaluz
“A piece of art that captivates as much as it informs” - Playlist, Gregory Ellwood
“Gambis brings together science and spirituality within the beauty of cinema and the power of visual storytelling that is poetic and meaningful.” Film Threat, Sabina Dana Plasse
AWARDS
Alfred P. Sloan Feature 2021 Feature Film Prize Winner @ Sundance Film Festival 2021
Grand Jury Prize / New American Competition @ Seattle International Film Festival 2021
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After the death of his grandmother, a Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown nestled in the majestic monarch butterfly forests of Michoacán. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his new hybrid identity, launching him on a personal and spiritual metamorphosis.
Tras la muerte de su abuela, un biólogo mexicano que vive en Nueva York regresa a su ciudad natal en Michoacán, un pueblo rodeado de bosques majestuosos en donde habitan las mariposas monarca. El viaje lo obliga a enfrentarse a traumas pasados y reflexionar sobre su nueva identidad híbrida, lanzándolo a una metamorfosis personal y espiritual.
An Imaginal Disc & Labocine production
Starring Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Alexia Rasmussen, Lázaro Gabino Rodríguez, Noé Hernández, Kaarlo Isaacs, Angel Adrián Flores, Ignacio Guadalupe, Juan Ugarte, Paulina Gaitán, Electra Avellan, Patricia Meneses, Juan Ramon López, Fernanda Rivera, Angelina Peláez, Angelica Aragón, William Mapother
Written & Directed by Alexis Gambis
Produced by Abraham Dayan & Maria Altamirano
Executive Producers: Alexis Gambis, Thomas Campbell Jackson, Matthew Putman, Gerry Ohrstrom
Co-Executive Producers: Jonathan Estreich, Richard Lipkin, William Mapother
Co-Producers: Faride Schroeder, Marina Fernández Ferri
Cinematography: Alejandro Mejía
Production Design: Sofía Guzmán
Costume Design: Lupita Peckinpah, Jessica Harrison
Casting: Maria Antonia Yanes, Gabrielle Demeestere
Editors: Èlia Gasull Balada, Alexis Gambis
Music by: Cristóbal MarYán
Sound Design: Samuel Nacach
Sound Recordist: Andrés Saldaña