CINE LATINO Opening Night: Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein

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13th Cine Latino Film Festival • Opening Night Film

Wednesday, October 8 at 7:30 PM

Opening Party precedes the film starting at 5:30 PM.

ABOUT THE FILM

Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley's classic tale of scientist Victor Frankenstein. A brilliant but madly scientist, obsessed with bringing back to life a monstrous creature in an experiment that ultimately leads the creator and his beyond-the-grave creation to a tragic finale. Starring Oscar Isaac as Dr. Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the creature, Del Toro’s reimagining of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic has been a 30-year journey for Del Toro who’s said he’s wanted to make this film since he was a child.

In his Director’s statement for the Premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Del Toro explained his fascination with Frankenstein: "Mary Shelley’s masterpiece is rife with questions that burn brightly in my soul: existential, tender, savage, doomed questions that only a young mind allows and only adults and institutions believe they can answer. For me, however, monsters alone hold the answer to all mysteries. They are the mystery. So Frankenstein is a blessed enterprise moved by reverence and love for both mystery and monsters."

FRANKENSTEIN – En español

El director ganador del Premio Óscar, Guillermo del Toro, adapta el clásico relato de Mary Shelley sobre el científico Víctor Frankenstein. Un científico brillante pero obsesionado con darle vida a una criatura monstruosa en un experimento que finalmente lleva al creador y a su creación de ultratumba a un trágico final. Protagonizada por Oscar Isaac como el Dr. Frankenstein y Jacob Elordi como la criatura, la reinterpretación del clásico gótico de Mary Shelley por parte de Del Toro ha sido un viaje de 30 años pues ha querido contar esta historia desde que era niño. En palabras del mismo director, en el estreno en el Festival de Cine de Venecia, Del Toro explicó su fascinación por Frankenstein: «La obra maestra de Mary Shelley está llena de preguntas que arden en mí profundamente: preguntas existenciales, tiernas, salvajes y fatalistas que solo una mente joven se permite y que solo los adultos y las instituciones creen poder responder. Para mí, sin embargo, solo los monstruos tienen la respuesta a todos los misterios. Ellos son el misterio. Así que Frankenstein es una obra bendita, impulsada por la reverencia y el amor tanto por el misterio como por los monstruos».

PRESENTED BY MSP FILM SOCIETY

Cine Latino returns October 8–12 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish- and Portuguese-language films, special guests, fiestas, food trucks, and more! The 13th annual celebration of US Latino, Latin American, and Ibero Cinema honors the longstanding film traditions across these communities, showcasing a richness of stories, the beauty of place, and vibrant cultures through the power of film.