Following the success of his previous film, Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1931, to film a new film. Eisenstein, who has recently been rejected by Hollywood, falls under the spell of Mexico. With the help of his guide Palomino Caedo, the director confronts his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.
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Following the success of his previous film, Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1931, to film a new film. Eisenstein, who has recently been rejected by Hollywood, falls under the spell of Mexico. With the help of his guide Palomino Caedo, the director confronts his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.
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