Synopse
In an emotional coming-of-age story, two loners discover the world together. 1987 in the Mexican community of El Paso in Texas. Teenagers Dante and Aristoteles meet one hot summer’s day at the swimming pool. Both were named after philosophers, but don’t have much else in common. Dante loves the water, Ari can’t swim. Dante has a lot of self-confidence, Ari a lot of self-doubt. Despite the differences, they become friends and spend all their free time together. Ari realizes that he will miss out on a lot of stuff if he doesn’t open up a little. But their shared, insightful summer comes to an abrupt end when Dante and his family have to move to Chicago.
Kindly supported by ASTRID BÖGER & CLAUS VON RINTELEN
Regie
AITCH ALBERTO (*1983 in Miami) is an American producer, screenplay writer and director. In 2022, Variety magazine voted her one of the 10 directors to keep an eye out for. She wrote the series Little America for AppleTV+.
Info
Original Title: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
International Title: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Category: Feature
Section: Transatlantik
Version & Subtitles: English, Spanish OV
Director & Screenplay: Aitch Alberto
Cast/Protagonists: Max Pelayo, Reese Gonzales, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria, Veronica Falcón, Kevin Alejandro, Luna Blaise
Production country: United States
Year of Production: 2022
Length: 96 min
Producer: Eugenio Derbez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Odell, Chris Parker, Kyra Sedgwick, Dylan Sellers, Valerie Stadler
Production company: Boies Schiller Entertainment, 3Pas Studios, 5000 Broadway Productions, Big Swing Productions, Limelight
Editor: Harry Yoon, Stefanie Visser
co-production company: Owen Panettieri
World Sales: Blue Fox Entertainment
Distributor: Steffen Gerlach, capelight pictures
