Towards the Battle (Vers la Bataille) by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux (France, Colombia, 2020)
Director Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux
Screenplay Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, Olivier Demangel
Cinematography David Chambille
Film editing Thomas Glaser
Music Stuart A. Staples
Cast Malik Zidi, Leynar Gomez, Thomas Chabrol, Maxence Tual, Andrew Leland Rogers, Cosme Castro, Nelson Camayo, Olivier Chantreau, Sébastien Chassagne
Production Noodles Production, Imaginaria Cine, Studio Orlando, Rezo Production
Synopsis
Around 1860, Louis, a photographer, convinces the general of the
French army to send him to Mexico to photograph the colonial war
which is ravaging the country. Once he is there, nothing goes as planned. Never at the right place at the right time to see the battles, Louis can’t get 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.
