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Leap Year

Año bisiesto

Mexico

2010

92 Min
Color
2.35:1
Spanish
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DIR Michael Rowe

PROD Edher Campos, Luis Salinas

SCR Michael Rowe, Lucía Carreras

DP Juan Manuel Sepúlveda

CAST Mónica del Carmen, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Armando Hernández, Nur Rubio, Marco Zapata, Diego Chas, José Juan Meraz, Jaime Sierra, Ireri Solís

ED Óscar Figueroa

SOUND Miguel Ángel Molina

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs): Caméra d'Or, Melbourne (FIrst Encounters), Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema), London (World Cinema), São Paulo (International Perspective), Mar del Plata (Latin American Competition), CPH PIX (Front Runners), Transilvania (No Limit), Chicago, Athens (Panorama)

Synopsis

Laura is a single, 25-year-old journalist who lives in a small apartment in Mexico City. After a long series of flings, Laura meets Arturo. The first time they make love, Arturo touches her in ways that overwhelm her. Thus begins an intense, passionate and sexual romance, which mixes pleasure, pain and love. In the course of days, which she carefully crosses out on her calendar, Laura’s secret past resurfaces, driving Arturo to extremes. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

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Lorna Singh

9Feb12

Not for everyone,as the sex scenes could be hard to watch,some people may even stop watching after a few minutes.Or maybe not,as you will be curious about the main character. Ultimately,it is a story of coping with depression and loneliness.

David

11Nov11

The epilogue of the film can sumarize the whole deal as a short film, the whole narration seems like "postcards from a nymphomaniac" that has reached the notion of sex as a guilty pleasure, Realm of the senses meets Last Tango in Mexico.

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Daniel S.

6Nov11

I really like how Michael Rowe describes the solitude of the megalopolises by following 29 days of the life of Laura in her room. The second main theme, the couple death and sex, is a more classic theme perfectly used here. Two Mexican Ariel awards (Best Actress and Best First Work). Recommended.

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Nikyatu

5Nov11

This stayed with me.

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Notebook Reviews: Michael Rowe’s “Leap Year”

By Fernando F. Croce on June 25, 2011

To Laura (Mónica del Carmen), the desolate protagonist of Michael Rowe’s absorbing debut Leap Year, the sight of a neighboring

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TIFF 2010. Contemporary World Cinema

By David Hudson on September 21, 2010

To borrow Henry James's description of the Victorian novel, Toronto is one loose and baggy monster of a film festival. One big final roundup

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Cannes 2010. Stragglers Roundup

By David Hudson on May 27, 2010

There are more reviews and interviews still to come, but the coverage-of-the-coverage phase wraps up right here with a last round on films

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Cannes 2010. Awards

By David Hudson on May 23, 2010

Fantastic. "Surreal," says Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He's just won the Palme d'Or for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Grand

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Leap Year

By Twitchfilm.com on May 18, 2011
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TWITCH EXCLUSIVE: Seductive New Poster for Michael Rowe's LEAP YEAR

By Twitchfilm.com on May 18, 2011
Since winning the prestigious Camera D’Or at Cannes last year, first-time director Michael Rowe’s ANO BISIESTO (LEAP YEAR) has been touring the festival circuit and drawing well-founded comparisons with
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Año Bisiesto - Leap Year Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Michael Rowe’s Leap Year is an exercise in minimalism and intense character portrayal, that while compelling is let down by the flaw in its own logic. This style of film could have been filmed anywhere
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Leap Year

By Bobby Wise on December 5, 2010

“Leap Year” by Michael Rowe came into the festival having won the Camera d’Or for best debut film at Cannes. It seems maybe that award was questionable, or that there wasn’t much competition. Then…  read review

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