Murder Me, Monster

by Alejandro Fadel

Murder Me, Monster

Synopsis

Rural police officer Cruz investigates the bizarre case of a headless woman’s body found in a remote region by the Andes Mountains. David, the husband of Cruz’s lover, Francisca, becomes the prime suspect and is sent to a local mental hospital. He blames the crime to the inexplicable and brutal appearance of the “Monster.” Cruz stumbles on a mysterious theory involving geometric landscapes, mountain motorcyclists and a mantra stuck in his head: Murder Me, Monster.

Director

Alejandro Fadel was born in Mendoza, Argentina in 1981. In 2003 he co-directed “Love (first part)” that premiered in Venice Critics’ Week. As a writer, he worked with Pablo Trape- ro, Damián Szifrón, Walter Salles, Adrian Caetano and Peter Weber, among others. Since 2011 he’s a founding member and partner in the production company La Unión de los Ríos, based in Buenos Aires. “The Wild Ones” (Los Salvajes – 2012) his first feature as a writer and director, was premiered and awarded at Cannes Critics’ Week. His short film “Gallo Rojo” co-directed with Zamo Mkhwanazi opened at the 2016 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. “Muere, Monstruo, Muere” (2018) se- lected for Cannes Film Festival Official Selection Un Certain Regard is his sec- ond feature as a writer and director.

DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY

2018 MUERE, MONSTRUO, MUERE (MURDER ME, MONSTER)
2018 PICKPOCKETS/ MAESTROS DEL ROBO (writer)
2016 GALLO ROJO (short, co-direction)
2012 SEVEN DAYS IN HAVANA (segment “Jam Session”)
2012 ELEFANTE BLANCO (writer)
2012 LOS SALVAJES (THE WILD ONES)
2011 LA VIDA NUEVA (writer)
2010 CARANCHO (writer)
2008 LEONERA (writer)
2005 EL AMOR – PRIMERA PARTE (LOVE – FIRST PART) (omnibus)

Cast

Víctor Lopez
Esteban Bigliardi
Tania Casciani
Romina Iniesta
Sofia Palomino
Francisco Carrasco
Stéphane Rideau
Jorge Prado

Crew

Script: Alejandro Fadel
Cinematography & Camera: Julian Apezteguía & Manuel Rebella
Editing: Andrés P. Estrada
Sound: Santiago Fumagall
Art Direction: Laura Caligiuri
Costumes: Florencia Caligiuri
Original Music: Alex Nante
Additional Music: Beatriz Ferreyra
SFX: Atelier 69 / CLSFX & IDENTIKIT
VKX: MIKROS IMAGE & WANKA CINE
Executive Producer: Agustina Llambi Campbell
Associate Producers: Ezequiel Fadel, Alejandro Israel, Ivan Eibuszyc, Paula Zyngierman
Producers: Agustina Llambi Campbell, Alejandro Fadel, Fernando Brom, Julie Gayet, Antoun Sehnaoui, Nadia Turincev, Jean Raymond Garcia, Benjamin Delaux, Édouard Lacoste, Dominga Sotomayor, Omar Zúñiga

Technical Data

format DCP / colour / 2:39:1 / 5.1
length 109 min.
original languages Spanish

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