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Caméra d’Or Winning Films (1978-Present)
Michael Rowe, Australian-Mexican screenwriter and director, made Año Bisiesto (Leap Year), a Mexican film that won the Camera d’Or atte 2010 Cannes Film Fest.
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Shot almost entirely within a seedy apartment, this psychodrama details the routine of Laura (Mónica del Carmen), a young freelance journalist, who lives ] isolated life in her small apartment, rarely venturing out besides bringing men home from nightclubs.
She never spends more than one night in bed with any of them, until she meets the quiet and inscrutable Arturo (Gustavo Sánchez Parra), and the pair enter into an intensely violent sexual relationship.
Set in February on a leap year, the story focuses on the evolution of their relationship. Laura is crossing out the days on a calendar, while revealing her secret past to her lover.
At first, Michael Rowe wanted the violence and sexual relations to be real, but during filming Gustavo Sánchez Parra proposed simulating some of these acts. As a result, Rowe changed his stance, and in the end, only two scenes were unsimulated.
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Fest section of Directors’ Fortnight on May 1 2010, followed by numerous showings in major film festivals.
Credits:
Directed by Michael Rowe
Written by Lucía Carreras, Rowe
Produced by Machete Producciones,
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
Cinematography Juan Manuel Sepulveda
Music by Song “Flores para ti” from Afrodita
Distributed by Canana Films
Release date: May 17, 2010 (Cannes)
Running time: 92 min.
New Book about Cannes Film Fest at 80! (May 2027)
Caméra d’Or Winning Films (1978-Present)
Alambrista! (1978), US
2. Northern Lights (1979), US
3. Adrien’s Story (1980), French
4. Desperado City (1981), West German
5. Half a Life (1982), French
6. The Princess (1983), Hungarian
7. Stranger Than Paradise (1984), US
8. Oriana (1985), Venezuela
9. Noir et Blanc (1986), French (woman)
10. Robinsonada or My English Grandfather (1987), Soviet-Georgian
11. Salaam Bombay! (1988), US-Imndoa (woman)
12. My 20th Century (1989), Hungary (woman)
13. Freeze Die Come to Life (1990)
14. Toto the Hero (1991), Belgium
15. Mac (1992), US
16. The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), Vietnam
17. Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994)
18. The White Balloon (1995), Iran
19. Love Serenade (1996), Australia (woman)
20. Suzaku (1997)
21. Slam (1998), US
22. Marana Simhasanam (1999), Iran
23. Tie
Djomeh (2000)
A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
24. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001), Canadian
25. Seaside (2002)
26. Reconstruction (2003), Denmark
27. Or (My Treasure) (2004), Israel (woman)
28. Tie
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), US (woman); The Forsaken Land (2005)
30. 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006), Romania
31. Jellyfish (2007), Israel (woman)
32. Hunger (2008), UK (Black)
33. Samson and Delilah (2009)
34. Año bisiesto (Leap Year) (2010), Mexico
35. Las Acacias (2011)
36. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), US
37. Ilo Ilo (2013)
38. Party Girl (2014)
39. Land and Shade (2015)
40. Divines (2016)
41. Montparnasse Bienvenue (2017)
42. Girl (2018), Belgium (Gay director)
43. Our Mothers (2019)
44. Murina (2021)
45. War Pony (2022), US (woman)
46. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (2023)
47. Armand (2024)
48. The President’s Cake (2025)
49. ? (to be announced May 24, 2026)
