After Lucia

After Lucia
Film poster
Directed byMichel Franco
Produced byMichel Franco
Marco Polo Constandse
Elías Menassé
Fernando Rovzar
Alexis Fridman.
StarringTessa Ía González Norvind
CinematographyChuy Chávez
Release dates
  • 21 May 2012 (2012-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 19 October 2012 (2012-10-19) (México)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

After Lucia (Spanish: Después de Lucía) is a 2012 Mexican drama film directed by Michel Franco.[1] The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival[2][3] where it won the top prize.[4] The film was also selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.[5] The style of the film has been described as being influenced by Austrian director Michael Haneke.[6][7]

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