''Olimpia'' () is a 2018 Mexican

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written and directed by José Manuel Cravioto. Starring Nicolasa Ortiz Monasterio, Luis Curiel, Daniel Mandoki, Diego Cataño, Lumi Cavazos,

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, Rolf Petersen and Valentina Buzzurro. It is the first Mexican animated film to fully use the rotoscoping technique. It won the Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 62nd

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s. The film was named on the shortlist for Mexico's entry for the

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at the

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, but it was not selected.

Synopsis

A group of students, members of a brigade at

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in the middle of the student movement in Mexico in 1968, who through photographs, filming and writing, will make it known how the army took over the university and its students screamed.

Cast

The actors participating in this film are: * Nicolasa Ortiz Monasterio as Raquel * Luis Curiel as Rodolfo * Daniel Mandoki as Hernán * Lumi Cavazos as Hernán's mother *

as Raquel's mother * Rolf Petersen as Hernán's father * Valentina Buzzurro as Judith, Raquel's sister * Mariana Azcárate as Student * Rafa Farías as CUEC student * Diego Cataño

Production

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took place in different areas of the

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in the open areas of the Central Library, the Rectory Tower and the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters lasting 2 weeks in 2017, to then begin the process of animation by

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using 100 students of the Faculty of Arts and Design lasting 10 months.

Release

It had its world premiere on October 26, 2018 at the 16th

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. It was commercially released on September 27, 2019 in Mexican theaters.

Reception

Critical reception

Elizabeth Limón from ''En Filme'' emphasize that it feels fresh in the perspective of the events that occurred in real life, although he comments that the implementation of rotoscoping is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it manages to provide an innovative element. On the other hand, there are sequences where the characters lack movement. Alejandro Alemán from El Universal wrote: "''Olimpia'' gives too many turns on itself, but it fulfills as one more drama that is framed by that fatal October 2."

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olimpia (2018 film) 2018 films 2018 animated films 2018 thriller films Mexican animated feature films Adult animated films Mexican thriller films 2010s Spanish-language films Animated films set in Mexico Films shot in Mexico Films set in 1968 Animated films set in the 1960s Films set in universities and colleges Films about students Films about photographers Films about photography Rotoscoped films 2010s Mexican films Animated films based on actual events