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Sundown

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Directed by Michel Franco
Produced by Michel Franco, Eréndira Núñez Larios, and Cristina Velasco
Written by Michel Franco
With: Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting McMillan, and Samuel Bottomley
Cinematography: Yves Cape
Editing: Michel Franco and Óscar Figueroa
Runtime: 83 min
Release Date: 28 January 2022
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Michel Franco's drama starts out like the cinematic equivalent of Jimmy Buffett's “Margaritaville” but turns into something far more perplexing. Tim Roth delivers a marvellously opaque performance as a member of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico who cuts himself loose from pretty much everything.