Lake Tahoe (film)
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Lake Tahoe is a 2008
Mexican drama film
, directed by Fernando Eimbcke
. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival
in Germany
on February 9, 2008 and won ten awards, including two Silver Ariels for best supporting actor (Hector Herrera) and best director.
The title is derived from an irrelevant tourist sticker from the famed U.S. resort
on the family car that acts as a kind of Wellesian "Rosebud" motif. The difference here though is that they have never been there. The title is therefore the more sarcastic, as the setting is very different from Lake Tahoe itself. The film follows a teenage boy who has crashed his family car and his prolonged attempts to find a new engine part to fix it. Also, under the surface, his and his family's grief at his father's very recent death is shown.
Shots are brightly coloured and arranged post-card style with figures crossing the image from side to side in Eimbcke's unique style of photography.
2008 in film
This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...
Mexican drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
, directed by Fernando Eimbcke
Fernando Eimbcke
Fernando Eimbcke is a Mexican film director and screenwriter.Fernando Eimbcke studied film direction at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos of the UNAM . He started his career directing music videoclips and short films...
. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
on February 9, 2008 and won ten awards, including two Silver Ariels for best supporting actor (Hector Herrera) and best director.
The title is derived from an irrelevant tourist sticker from the famed U.S. resort
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. At a surface elevation of , it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is , making it the USA's second-deepest...
on the family car that acts as a kind of Wellesian "Rosebud" motif. The difference here though is that they have never been there. The title is therefore the more sarcastic, as the setting is very different from Lake Tahoe itself. The film follows a teenage boy who has crashed his family car and his prolonged attempts to find a new engine part to fix it. Also, under the surface, his and his family's grief at his father's very recent death is shown.
Shots are brightly coloured and arranged post-card style with figures crossing the image from side to side in Eimbcke's unique style of photography.