Muñe
2019, 16mm, 15 min, USA
2019, 16mm, 15 min, USA
"Shrink-wrapped baby doll toes, skillet-fried roaches, salvage yard showdowns:
MUÑE is a delightfully unhinged romp through rural Tennessee,
the likes of which you’ve never seen before.
Elizabeth De Razzo mesmerizes as the title character,
a headstrong Mexican woman who refuses to do as she’s told."
- Indie Grits Film Festival
MUÑE is a delightfully unhinged romp through rural Tennessee,
the likes of which you’ve never seen before.
Elizabeth De Razzo mesmerizes as the title character,
a headstrong Mexican woman who refuses to do as she’s told."
- Indie Grits Film Festival
CAST
Elizabeth De Razzo (Eastbound & Down, The Greasy Strangler, The 33)
Clare Gundersen, Estela Ingles, David Roby and Grace Holtz
CREW
Written, directed and edited by: Catalina Jordan Alvarez
Producers: Rebecca Feldbin & Elizabeth De Razzo
Assistant Director: Rebecca Feldbin
Director of Photography: Michael Wellenreiter
Assistant Camera: Brian Branam
Sound: Althea Mengxi Rao
Production Design: Grace Holtz
Music: Courtesy of Dandelion Fiction
Elizabeth De Razzo (Eastbound & Down, The Greasy Strangler, The 33)
Clare Gundersen, Estela Ingles, David Roby and Grace Holtz
CREW
Written, directed and edited by: Catalina Jordan Alvarez
Producers: Rebecca Feldbin & Elizabeth De Razzo
Assistant Director: Rebecca Feldbin
Director of Photography: Michael Wellenreiter
Assistant Camera: Brian Branam
Sound: Althea Mengxi Rao
Production Design: Grace Holtz
Music: Courtesy of Dandelion Fiction
Recipient of a Philadelphia Independent Media Finishing Fund grant and a Kodak Eastman film sponsorship
Jury Prize, Ohio Shorts, Wexner Center for the Arts (US)
Honorary Mention of the Jury, Cormorán Film Festival (Spain)
Best Emerging Filmmaker, Queens World Film Festival (US)
Jury Prize, Ohio Shorts, Wexner Center for the Arts (US)
Honorary Mention of the Jury, Cormorán Film Festival (Spain)
Best Emerging Filmmaker, Queens World Film Festival (US)
Muñe tells the story of a recent Mexican immigrant in rural Tennessee
who befriends a girl living in a junkyard.
I grew up in the town where Muñe takes place, with a Colombian mother and an American father.
The film utilizes looped video fragments, inspired by the work of Martin Arnold.
These loops reveal the artifice of the narrative,
and introduce foreign rhythms into the Southern landscape.