World premiering at Cannes’ Critics’ Week on May 19, Bruno Santamaría Razo’s film “Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building” (“Seis Meses en el Edificio Rosa con Azul”) is set in early ’90s Mexico where 11-year-old Bruno navigates the ups and downs of childhood and begins to question his sexuality. He learns that his father has been diagnosed with HIV, which sends his family into a spiral and forces each member to deal with the pain in their own way.
30 years later, Bruno turns the memory of his childhood experiences into a film about a family’s determination to stay strong in the face of adversity.
“Making a film and showing it is the act that completes it — that is when the film truly comes into existence. Doing it for the first time is always a celebration and doing it at Critics’ Week is an immense gift because of the care the film receives from the moment it is invited. It feels consistent with the way we made the film,” Santamaría told Variety.
Santamaría previously worked as a cinematographer and documentary director. His documentary “Things We Dare Not Do” won the Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival and the Grand Prize at BAFICI. A Mexico/Brazil/Denmark production, Santamaría is excited to be in Cannes with his first fiction film.
