Mexico’s Santiago Mohar Volkow Talks Madcap Rotterdam Title ‘A History of Love & War’: ‘Comedy Is Always Challenging Because It’s Constantly Risking Ridicule’
26.01.2024 - 20:53
/ variety.com
Holly Jones Far-out cineaste Santiago Mohar Volkow (“Los Muertos”) will deliver his fourth feature “A History of Love & War” (“Una Historia de Amor y de Guerra”) to audiences at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. A viscally ludicrous examination of Mexico’s colonial history and the duplicitous nature of high-wealth, the film screens as part of the Harbor strand, dedicated to a wide range of contemporary narratives.
The plot opens on insufferably spoilt and corrupt real estate mogul Pepe Sanzhez Campo (Andrew Leland Rogers) as his mega-mall development plans roil on and an engagement offer to his affluent love interest Constanza (Lucía Gómez Robledo) proves a success. When militant forces challenge his land rights and an otherwise cliche bachelor party turns sour after his fiancé’s lover Teo (Darío Yazbek Bernal) sets off a rip-roaring tide change, Pepe’s left with a reckoning that derails his privileged future.
Providing a satiating laugh through grand depravity and betrayal, the project manages dastardly whimsy, Pepe eventually becoming an emblem of the country’s brutal past, a tool used to examine residual disparity. “A History of Love & War” was produced by Mohar Volkow, Santiago de la Paz Nicolau, Santiago Dosal, Jonathan David and Juan Sarquis at Mexico City production outfits Nómadas (“Sísifos”), Laredo 17 (“Natural”) and Edge Films (“Modo Avião”).
Executive production credits go to Alejandro Quintero, Juan Simons, García Rulfo, Yazbek Bernal and Leland Rogers. Manuel García Rulfo (“The Lincoln Lawyer”), Aldo Escalante (“Club De Cuervos”), Mónica del Carmen (“Leap Year”), Florencia Ríos (“The Darkest Days of Us”), Santiago Espejo (“VGLY”), Sharon Kleinberg and Sophie Gómez (“Monarca”)
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