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The story unfolds around the year 1860. Louis, a photographer, convinces the general of the French Army to send him to Mexico to photograph the colonial war that is ravaging the country. Once he is there, nothing goes as planned. Never in the right place at the right time to see the battles, Louis can't snap a single picture of the war. But his encounter with Pinto, a Mexican peasant, changes his destiny. It leads him to discover neither glory nor wealth, but a way to confront the ghosts of his past.Read moreLess
The story unfolds around the year 1860. Louis, a photographer, convinces the general of the French Army to send him to Mexico to photograph the colonial war that is ravaging the country. Once he is there, nothing goes as planned. Never in the right place at the right time to see the battles, Louis can't snap a single picture of the war. But his encounter with Pinto, a Mexican peasant, changes his destiny. It leads him to discover neither glory nor wealth, but a way to confront the ghosts of his past.
The story
The story unfolds around the year 1860. Louis, a photographer, convinces the general of the French Army to send him to Mexico to photograph the colonial war that is ravaging the country. Once he is there, nothing goes as planned. Never in the right place at the right time to see the battles, Louis can't snap a single picture of the war. But his encounter with Pinto, a Mexican peasant, changes his destiny. It leads him to discover neither glory nor wealth, but a way to confront the ghosts of his past.
Cast & crew
Malik ZidiLouis
Leynar GomezPinto
Thomas ChabrolGénéral Trochu
Olivier ChantreauMarcus
Sébastien ChassagneFrancis
Cosme CastroLe Lieutenant Barbu
Maxence TualCast
Andrew Leland RogersMatthew Sullivan
Nelson CamayoCast
David OjalvoThe AmericanExplore the crew
- Writer
- Olivier Demangel
- Director
- Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux
- Original Music Composer
- Stuart A. Staples
- Director of Photography
- David Chambille