Sansón and Me

Name: Sansón and Me
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 3, 2023
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Antonio González Andrade, Gerardo Reyes, Miguel Andrade, Noé Andrade

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The Cinema Guild | Release Date: March 3, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Antonio González Andrade, Gerardo Reyes, Miguel Andrade, Noé Andrade

Summary: During his day job as a Spanish criminal interpreter in a small town in California, filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes (499) met a young man named Sansón, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who was sentenced to life in prison without parole. With no permission to interview him, Sansón and Reyes worked together over a decade, using hundreds of lettersDuring his day job as a Spanish criminal interpreter in a small town in California, filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes (499) met a young man named Sansón, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who was sentenced to life in prison without parole. With no permission to interview him, Sansón and Reyes worked together over a decade, using hundreds of letters as inspiration for recreations of Sansón’s childhood—featuring members of Sansón's own family. The result is a vibrant portrait of a friendship navigating immigration and the depths of the criminal justice system and pushing the boundaries of cinematic imagination to rescue a young migrant's story from oblivion. … Expand

Director: Rodrigo Reyes

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

May 9, 2023

With this startling and sombre documentary, Mexican film-maker Rodrigo Reyes has conducted an experiment in verbatim cinema, or what you might call witness cinema. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Mar 2, 2023

The film is an unusually layered look at how the combination of privation, misplaced familial loyalty and just plain rotten luck can make the immigrant experience in America a nightmare. Read full review

Wes Greene

Feb 27, 2023

Sansón and Me has a way of frustratingly pulling focus away from its ostensible subject. Read full review

IndieWire Kristen Lopez

May 9, 2023

Watching and processing Sansón and Me is a melancholy experience. As Reyes tells Andrade early in the process, this documentary won’t exonerate him or get him released from prison, but for Andrade, the opportunity to tell his story and have a living example of his memories saved is enough. Read full review

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