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Cine para todxs 2023: Cronos by Guillermo del Toro

The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) presents Cine para todxs 2023, a program that will screen Mexican, contemporary and classic films, which have had a significant impact on the history of national cinema, in community spaces.

All the works screened in this program have been made by filmmakers who have been part of past editions of the FICM, such is the case of Cronos (1993) by Guillermo del Toro.

Cronos Guillermo del Toro — *Cronos* (dir. Guillermo del Toro, 1993)

This edition of the program, which will take place from July 31 to October 8, 2023, has the valuable support of the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE) through the Fomento al Cine Mexicano (FOCINE) program.

The film Cronos is about a mechanism inside a small golden device that grants eternal life to its possessor. The invention was built by an alchemist in 1535 and survives until 1997, when it is discovered by the antique dealer Jesús Gris. The promise of eternal life becomes an obsession for the old and sick Dieter de la Guardia and his nephew, who will do anything to get "the invention of Cronus".

Cronos is Guillermo del Toro's debut film and was part of the Mexican Gothic Cinema Program within the 13th FICM. Additionally, the film received multiple awards at international events, such as the Mercedes-Benz Award at the Critics' Week of the Cannes Film Festival. It also won several Ariel awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best First Work.

About the Director

Guillermo del Toro is one of the most recognized Mexican filmmakers in recent years. Some of his works include Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy (2004) and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022), his most recent film, which won Best Animated Film at the Oscars 2023.

Four of his feature films have received at least one nomination at the Academy Awards. The Shape of Water (2017) is the most awarded, it won Best Film and Best Director.

He has participated in the FICM as a special guest in the 2006 and 2017 editions. His films have also been part of the festival on multiple occasions. These include Cronos in 2015, Crimson Peak (2015) in 2015, The Devil's Backbone (2001) and The Shape of Water in 2017, Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) in 2022.

Where Can You Watch It?

The film is part of Cine para todxs 2023. It was screened at several venues in August: the 9th at the Teatro Mariano Matamoros, in Morelia, Michoacán; the 14th at Cine Club en Cartelera, in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato; and the 18th at Cine Teatro Emperador Caltzontzin, in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán.

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