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LAKE TAHOE

Drama | Mexico | Spanish w/ English Subtitles

"Powerful"
- J. Hoberman, The Village Voice

"Moving… Eimbcke is a master of tone."
- Lee Marshall, Screen Daily

"Lake Tahoe is a gorgeous, artfully composed…miniature masterpiece"
- Gary Kramer, Philadelphia City Paper

Teenage Juan crashes his family's car into a telegraph pole on the outskirts of town....

Running Time: 81 Minutes

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Teenage Juan crashes his family's car into a telegraph pole on the outskirts of town, and then scours the streets searching for someone to help him fix it. His quest will bring him to Don Heber, an old paranoid mechanic whose only companion is Sica, his almost human boxer dog; to Lucía, a young mother who is convinced that her real place in life is as a lead singer in a punk band, and to "The One who Knows", a teenage mechanic obsessed with martial arts and Kung Fu philosophy. The absurd and bewildering worlds of these characters drag Juan into a one day journey in which he will come to accept what he was escaping from in the first place--an event both as natural and inexplicable as a loved one's death.

Additional Info

Rights: USA
Formats: 35mm, Digi Beta, DVD

Podcast of Q&A with Director Fernando Eimbcke

Cast and Crew
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Featuring: Hector Herrera
Supporting: Daniela Valentine
Supporting: Juan Carlos Lara
Supporting: Yemil Sefami
Cinematography: Alexis Zabé
Executive Producer: Jaime Bernardo Ramos
Producer: Christian Valdelièvre
Writer: Fernando Eimbcke
Writer: Paula Markovitch
Starring: Diego Cataño


	Nominated Golden Bear Berlin International Film Festival


	Winner Alfred Bauer Prize, FIPRESCI Prize Berlin International Film Festival


	Winner Mayahuel Award, Best Director Guadalajara International Film Festival


	Winner Special Jury Prize Transylvania International Film Festival


	Official Selection San Sebastian Int'l Film Festival


	Official Selection Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival


	Official Selection Helsinki Int'l Film Festival


	Nominated Best Supporting Actress Ariel Awards


	Nominated Best Screenplay Ariel Awards


	Nominated Best Cinematography Ariel Awards


	Nominated Best Editing Ariel Awards


	Winner Best Supporting Actor Ariel Awards


	Winner Best Director Ariel Awards


	Winner Best Film Ariel Awards


	Winner Fipresci Special Prize Cannes Film Festival

Press

Lake Tahoe Press Kit

Discussion Guides

Lake Tahoe Discussion Questions

Photos

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Diego Catano (Juan)

Juan Carlos Lara (David) & Diego Catano (Juan)

Diego Catano (Juan) & Daniela Valentine (Lucía)

Lake Tahoe Poster Art

Fernando Eimbcke (Writer, Director)

“Blissful…the film to beat at this year’s [Film Comment Selects] series.”

--Simon Abrams/ New York Press - Review

“Powerful”--J Hoberman/ The Village Voice - Review

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