Przestań

Przestań was released on 31 stycznia 2011.

Przestań was directed by Daniela Schneider.

Przestań has a runtime of 90 min.

Przestań was produced by Paola Herrera, Enrique Rivero, Daniela Schneider.

Following in the footsteps of directors such as Carlos Reygadas, the cinematographer Daniela Schneider works with non-professional actors for her first work, which narrates the struggle of a family in leading a normal life after experiencing the father’s serious sickness. The connotations offered in the film are recurrent in Mexican cinema: relations between different social classes and identity. A while back, Juan suffered a brain stroke; today he dependson everybody, including the employees. While, he finds amusement and comfort in horror movies,his wife Alicia tries to fight pain with memories of her glory days as a model. Matias, their only son, struggles to find a place in the midst of this situation.

The key characters in Przestań are Alicia (Carmen Vicarte), Juan (Jorge Bartolucci), Matias (Julian Gonzalez de Leon).

Przestań is a Dramat film.

Przestań has an audience rating of 5.8 out of 10.