MURDER ME MONSTER
Argentine, France, 2018 - 109’
Direction: Alejandro Fadel / Screenplay: Alejandro Fadel / Producer: Agustina Llambi Campbell / Cast: Vìctor Lopez, Esteban Bigliardi, Tania Casciani, Romina Iniesta, Sofia Palomino, Francisco Carrasco, Stéphane Rideau, Jorge Prado / Cinematography: Julian Apezteguìa / Music: Alex Nante / Set Designer: Laura Caligiuri / Editor: Andrés P. Estrada / Producer Company: La Unìon de los Rìos, Rouge International / Distributor: The Match Factory GmbH
Rural police officer Cruz investigates the bizarre case of a headless woman’s body found in a remote region by the Andes Mountains. David, the husband of Cruz’s lover, Francisca, becomes the prime suspect and is sent to a local mental hospital. He blames the crime to the inexplicable and brutal appearance of the “Monster.” Cruz stumbles on a mysterious theory involving geometric landscapes, mountain motorcyclists and a mantra stuck in his head: Murder Me, Monster.
Alejandro Fadel was born in Mendoza, Argentina in 1981. In 2003 he co-directed “Love (first part)” that premiered in Venice Critics’ Week. As a writer, he worked with Pablo Trapero, Damián Szifrón, Walter Salles, Adrian Caetano and Peter Weber, among others. Since 2011 he’s a founding member and partner in the production company La Unión de los Ríos, based in Buenos Aires. “The Wild Ones” (Los Salvajes – 2012) his first feature as a writer and director, was premiered and awarded at Cannes Critics’ Week. His short film “Gallo Rojo” co-directed with Zamo Mkhwanazi opened at the 2016 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. “Muere, Monstruo, Muere” (2018) selected for Cannes Film Festival Official Selection Un Certain Regard is his second feature as a writer and director.
