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Mexico’s Mayra Hermosillo Nods to Unconventional Families in Debut Feature ‘Vainilla,’ a Ventana Sur Favorite Backed by ‘Bardo’ Producer Redrum
The film was selected to participate in the Cinema in Progress strand at Rencontres de Toulouse before its reveal at Ventana Sur’s Primer Corte.
With a heady dose of ‘80s nostalgia and the gravity that only a script full of fierce intergenerational matriarchs can bring to the table, Mexico’s Mayra Hermosillo revealed a cut of her nuanced and buzzy coming-of-age title “Vainilla,” among the players selected for Ventana Sur ’s Primer Corte. The film is produced by Stacy Perskie, Karla Luna Cantú and Andrea Porras Madero at Mexico’s lauded Redrum, with production credits that include Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Bardo” and Gael Garcia Bernal-fronted Golden Globe winner “Mozart in the Jungle.” Paloma Petra at Nuevo León-based Huasteca Casa Cinematográfica co-produces the project. Not immune to the anxiety or isolation of being an outcast in dire straits-she holds onto hope tightly and infuses a charm that recalls a very sobering moment in our timelines-when our childhood armor was compromised by outside influence.
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