Arrow Films has announced that Emiliano Rocha Minter’s acclaimed apocalyptic thriller ‘We Are the Flesh’ will arrive in theaters this January.
Starring Noé Hernández, Maria Evoli, Diego Gamaliel, Gambino Rodríguez and Maria Cid, this unique take on the end of the world centers on a brother and sister, struggling to survive in a ruined city, find their way into of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they discover a man who makes a dangerous offer that would help insure their survival.
From the Press Release:
Los Angeles, CA – Arrow Films has announced the January 2017 theatrical rollout of Emiliano Rocha Minter’s We Are the Flesh. After a thought-provoking and acclaimed year on the festival circuit, the film will screen in over ten cities across the United States. Visionary, unrelenting, and not for the faint-hearted, Rocha Minter’s provocative and explicit creation is an erotic inferno of the senses that manages to pack all manner of delirium into its short running time. We Are the Flesh will premiere in Los Angeles on January 13, 2017 at Laemmle’s Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre.
Hailed by Oscar-winning Mexican directors Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) and Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu (The Revenant), We Are the Flesh stars Noé Hernández as a post-apocalyptic hermit eager to transform the ashes of the world and María Evoli and Diego Gamaliel as the starving siblings under his thrall.
Rocha Minter’s debut feature stunned audiences following the world premiere at the Locarno International Film Festival. We Are the Flesh has since screened at festivals around the world, including Sitges, Fantastic Fest, Telluride, the Vancouver International Film Festival and more, picking up the Séquences Award for Best Film at Fantasia and nominations for Best First Film and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
‘We Are the Flesh’ will premiere at Laemmle’s Ahrya Fine Arts Theater in Los Angeles on Friday, January 13, 2017.
