Comala
Comala
Directed by Gian Cassini
(Mexico, 2021, Digital, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Presented by writer-director Gian Cassini, with Q&A including his sister, Nenette Marjim Cassini, who appears in the film
In his acclaimed documentary feature debut, director Gian Cassini sets out to uncover the truths about his broken family. Comala becomes a detective story with Cassini picking up the pieces of his absent father’s life as failed hitman “El Jimmy,” murdered in a Mexican border town. Traversing the country in search of clues, the filmmaker exposes a network of men stuck within deeply rooted patterns of machismo and offers unprecedented access into the personal ramifications of Mexico’s war on drugs.
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Organized by the MFAH in association with the creative partner Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires.
Sponsored by Tenaris.
Programmed in collaboration with Cinema Tropical.
Comala
Directed by Gian Cassini
(Mexico, 2021, 98 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater