The Summit (2017 film)

The Summit
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySantiago Mitre
Written by
Produced by
  • Hugo Sigman
  • Fernando Bovaira
  • Matías Mosteirín
  • Didar Domehri
  • Simón de Santiago
  • Fernando Brom
  • Agustina Llamba-Campbell
  • Leticia Cristi
  • Axel Kuschevatzky
Starring
CinematographyJavier Julia
Edited byNicolás Goldbart
Music byAlberto Iglesias
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • 24 May 2017 (2017-05-24) (Cannes)
  • 17 August 2017 (2017-08-17) (Argentina)
Running time
114 minutes
CountriesArgentina
France
Spain
LanguagesSpanish
Portuguese
English
Budget$6 million[1]
Box office$5.3 million [2]

The Summit (Spanish: La cordillera) is a 2017 political drama film directed by Santiago Mitre and written by Mitre and Mariano Llinás. Set during a Latin American summit, a newly-elected president of Argentina has to navigate his way through strategic issues affecting the future of his country and personal issues affecting his family and reputation.

The film stars Ricardo Darín, Dolores Fonzi, Érica Rivas, Elena Anaya, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Alfredo Castro, Gerardo Romano, Leonardo Franco, Paulina García, and Christian Slater. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It was released on 17 August 2017 in Argentina.

  1. ^ La Nación (4 September 2017). "En una jornada con tinte bien argentino se presentó La cordillera".
  2. ^ Box Office Mojo (19 October 2017). "La cordillera (The Summit)".
  3. ^ Steve Pond (27 April 2017). "Cannes Film Festival Adds Roman Polanski Film to Lineup". The Wrap. Retrieved 27 April 2017.