Frío metal
Mexico / 2025 / 105'
Plot
Two young brothers live on the outskirts of Mexico City. Mario wakes up with no memories from his previous life. Adrift, he meets Lazarus, who teaches him how to enter other people's bodies through vast holes in the Earth. In the darkness of subterranean cavities, Mario’s memories fill his mind like dreams. The history of the land runs through his corporality. The space he passes through is distorted and his skin begins to crack along with the landscape.
Full Cast and Crew
Director:
Clemente Castor
Guion:
Clemente Castor
Karen Plata
Producer:
Clemente Castor
Andrew Voxman
Jimmy Voxman
Matt Porterfield
Melissa Castañeda
Production:
Salón de Belleza
Estudios Churubusco Azteca
Voxmen
Film Editing:
Clemente Castor
Cinematography:
Clemente Castor
Miguel Escudero
Tulio Cortez
Emilianna Vázquez
Cast:
Mario Banderas Hernández
Oscar Hernández Medina
Lázaro Gabino Rodríguez
Monserrat Medina
Beatriz Hernández Flores
Lesly Hernández Medina
Sofía Rodríguez Villa
Music:
Thomas Becka
Sound:
Laura Carrillo
Thomas Becka
Póster Oficial
Screenings
| 30/11/2025 | 18:00h | CINETECA |
Director
Clemente Castor
He received support from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) to study at the Sarajevo Film Academy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He studied Latin American literature and participated in the SOMA educational program. His debut feature, Príncipe de Paz, received the award for Best Mexican Film at FICUNAM 2019 and had its international premiere at FidMarseille, where it received a special mention in the international competition and a special mention from the National Center for Plastic Arts (CNAP). It also presented at the Lincoln Center in New York and was also in the official competition at festivals such as the Viennale, the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Márgenes, and Transcinema, among others. He has directed several short films, including Fantasma, Animal (2020) and Atados los años engullen la tierra (2022), the latter commissioned by FICUNAM. Both works premiered at FIDMarseille, and participated in other national and international film festivals. Additionally, he has presented videos and installations in some independent spaces and art museums such as: CAP • Centre d'art de SaintFons in Lyon, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Tabakalera - Donosti, Biquini Wax EPS, Pequod Co Galería, Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Baxter St. in NY, Queens L.A., SOMA, among others. In 2019, the Colombian film festival EUREKA held a retrospective of her short films. In 2025, he premiered his second feature film entitled Frío metal in the international competition of the Marseille International Film Festival (FIDMarseille) where he wins Georges de Beauregard Prix.
