My Mexican Bretzel opens with black-and-white clips of pilots during World War II in Switzerland, subtitled with excerpts from – so we are told – the diary of Vivian Barrett. She talks about herself and her husband Léon, who partly lost his hearing in an accident with his plane and could no longer fly. The couple's glamourous life then unfolds in diary excerpts and footage shot by Léon, about whom we also learn that he developed a successful anti-depressant, and had an obsession with many different forms of transportation.
Awards
- Found Footage Award - IFF Rotterdam
- International Newcomer Award Best Director - IFFMH
- FIPRESCI Award - IFFMH
Festivals
Labels & Line Ups
Credits
- Cast
- Ilse G. Ringier
- Frank A. Lorang
- Screenplay
- Nuria Giménez
- Cinematography
- Frank A. Lorang
- Editing
- Cristóbal Fernández
- Nuria Giménez
- Production
- BRETZEL & TEQUILA
Nuria Giménez
Spain
Born in 1976, Spain, Giménez studied Journalism, International Relations and Documentary Film. After her studies, she improved her knowledge of filmmaking by attending masterclasses and seminars of filmmakers such as Virginia García del Pino, Wang Bing and Stephen Frears. She directed her first documentary short, KAFENEIO, in 2017. It screened at DocumentaMadrid and Bogota Documentary IFF. MY MEXICAN BRETZEL (2019) is her first feature.