Sundance Selects will debut Lucy Mulloy's feature film debut Una Noche this Friday, August 23 (followed by a release on iTunes on August 26). This friday, the film will be released in two theaters: at the Koubek Theater, Lincoln Plaza in Miami, Fl and at the IFC Center in New York City. The film will expand to 10 more cities soon after, which will be announced soon. You might recall last year when two of its Cuban stars - Anailin De La Rua De La Torre and Javier Nunez Florian - decided to stay in the USA instead of returning to Cuba, after the film premiered at Tribeca in New York. Una Noche - which most recently screened at the Durban International Film...
- 8/22/2013
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
The Cuban emigre saga earns a surprising love triangle treatment in Lucy Mulloy's "Una Noche," a tale of the young and the desperate willing to risk their lives on rafts to get to America. From its earliest moments to its melodramatic finale, writer-director Mulloy manages to trip up our expectations even while telling a version of an oft-told tale.
Lila (Anailin de la Rua de La Torre) narrates our story, a teenager enduring an unhappy home life and the torments of Havana's version of "mean girls." A beauty in most cultures, she gets picked on by the blondes who call her "hairy" because of her arms, armpits and eyebrows.
Her twin brother Elio (Javier Nunez Florian) is her defender and her champion. Don't listen to "the plastic girls," he lectures. But Lila acknowledges in her narration that she is "more comfortable watching people than talking with them. Especially boys.
Lila (Anailin de la Rua de La Torre) narrates our story, a teenager enduring an unhappy home life and the torments of Havana's version of "mean girls." A beauty in most cultures, she gets picked on by the blondes who call her "hairy" because of her arms, armpits and eyebrows.
Her twin brother Elio (Javier Nunez Florian) is her defender and her champion. Don't listen to "the plastic girls," he lectures. But Lila acknowledges in her narration that she is "more comfortable watching people than talking with them. Especially boys.
- 8/22/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Sundance Selects will debut Lucy Mulloy's feature film debut Una Noche this Friday, August 23 (followed by a release on iTunes on August 26). This friday, the film will be released in two theaters: at the Koubek Theater, Lincoln Plaza in Miami, Fl and at the IFC Center in New York City. The film will expand to 10 more cities soon after, which will be announced soon. You might recall last year when two of its Cuban stars - Anailin De La Rua De La Torre and Javier Nunez Florian - decided to stay in the USA instead of returning to Cuba, after the film premiered at Tribeca in New York. Una Noche - which most recently screened at the Durban International Film...
- 8/21/2013
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
The Playlist staff like bicker and fight amongst are ourselves about the merits of whatever movie might be in theaters or coming up soon, but one movie that was met with rare collective praise is Lucy Malloy's "Una Noche." Hitting the festival circuit in a big way through 2012, most of us caught up with it at the Tribeca Film Festival and it was easily the highlight of that year. Now, after a long, long wait, it's finally coming to cinemas and a brand new trailer has arrived. Now boasting the approval of Spike Lee, "Una Noche" presents the story of three Cuban teenagers (Dariel Arrechaga, Anailin de la Rua de la Torre, and Javier Nunez Florian) who eye Miami as place to give them a fighting chance against poverty, while weighing what the journey could mean to each of them personally. It's a film that was met with the rave reviews almost across the board,...
- 7/26/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Sundance Selects has set a theatrical release date for Lucy Mulloy's feature film debut Una Noche for August 23 (followed by a release on iTunes on August 26). You might recall last year when two of its Cuban stars - Anailin De La Rua De La Torre and Javier Nunez Florian - decided to stay in the USA instead of returning to Cuba, after the film premiered at Tribeca in New York. Una Noche - which most recently screened at the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa - centers on two Cuban teens - Raul and Elio - who consider escaping the communist and broken-down country to flee to Miami, Fl. Conflict arises when Raul has no choice to escape after being accused of...
- 7/26/2013
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
It's still without stateside distribution, but last time we posted about Lucy Mulloy's feature film debut Una Noche was when Fortissimo Films acquired international rights to the Us/Cuban production, which has been touring the film festival circuit since its premiere at the Berlin International and Tribeca Film festivals in early 2012, and garnering awards and critical acclaim along the way. You might recall last year when two of its Cuban stars - Anailin De La Rua De La Torre and Javier Nunez Florian - decided to stay in the USA instead of returning to Cuba, after the film premiered at Tribeca in New York. Una Noche - currently screening at the Durban International Film Festival...
- 7/24/2013
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
For Narratively, Carolyn Rothstein revisits the kids from Kids, 20 years later, in “Legends Never Die.” Chloe Sevigny and Rosario Dawson are stars, Justin Pierce and Harold Hunter have passed away, and the others are living their lives in diverse and at times unexpected ways. As her interviewees tell it, Kids was not just about people but a city: The kids say the film was accurate, except for the most fantastical stuff. There’s no denying they weren’t sober during filming. Even the scene with Javier Nunez, at fourteen, by far the youngest of the skate crew, and three other little …...
- 5/5/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Did you see Una Noche at Tff 2012? Writer/director Lucy Mulloy's harrowing tale of three Cuban teens who dream of fleeing to the United States mesmerized Festival audiences and critics alike. The film won prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival for Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film, Best Actor for both Dariel Arrechada and Javier Nunez Florian, and Best New Narrative Director for Mulloy. Along with support from the Tribeca Film Institute, Mulloy and Una Noche benefited greatly from the help they received at the Ifp's Filmmaker Labs. Ifp's Filmmakers Labs currently are inviting submissions for their 2013 season from first time filmmakers who are in perhaps the most challenging phase of their projects - post-production. The success of Una Noche and other Ifp Labs films such as Pariah, Give Up Tomorrow, and War Don Don is the best testament to the value of the program. Participation in Ifp Filmmaker Labs is free,...
- 2/26/2013
- TribecaFilm.com
Fourteen years after he helped launch the Dogme 95 movement with his family drama “The Celebration,” director Thomas Vinterberg returned to Cannes this past month with his latest film, “The Hunt.” As the Croisette is wont to do, reactions were immensely divided, with some calling the film a masterpiece of near-unbearable dread, while others found the film a manipulative soap opera. Luckily for the filmmakers though, those in distribution kept a keen eye, and have now tapped the film for a future Us release.
THR reports Magnolia Pictures have acquired the U.S. rights from sales group TrustNordisk, and we're guessing they plan to release the film by year's end. The drama follows Mads Mikkelsen, who impressed Cannes enough to win Best Actor this past weekend, as a man suddenly plunged into a world of accusations and hatred after his genial relationship with a young girl (Annika Wedderkopp) goes truly awry.
THR reports Magnolia Pictures have acquired the U.S. rights from sales group TrustNordisk, and we're guessing they plan to release the film by year's end. The drama follows Mads Mikkelsen, who impressed Cannes enough to win Best Actor this past weekend, as a man suddenly plunged into a world of accusations and hatred after his genial relationship with a young girl (Annika Wedderkopp) goes truly awry.
- 6/1/2012
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Courtesy of Variety, we have learned that Sundance Selects has acquired the North American rights to Lucy Mulloy‘s Una Noche, which had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and its Us premiere at Tiff this year. It won three awards at the latter — Best New Narrative Director, Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film as well as Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film.
The film, of which was also scripted by Mulloy, stars Dariel Arrechaga, Anailin de la Rua de la Toree and Javier Nunez Florian. She also served as a producer alongside Daniel Mulloy, Maite Artieda, Sandy Perez and Yunior Santiago. The film “follows a day in the lives of two Cuban teens faced with the stark contrast between the tourists’ lives and their own struggle with poverty.”
In some similar North American distribution news, Variety also reports that Drafthouse Films have acquired the rights...
The film, of which was also scripted by Mulloy, stars Dariel Arrechaga, Anailin de la Rua de la Toree and Javier Nunez Florian. She also served as a producer alongside Daniel Mulloy, Maite Artieda, Sandy Perez and Yunior Santiago. The film “follows a day in the lives of two Cuban teens faced with the stark contrast between the tourists’ lives and their own struggle with poverty.”
In some similar North American distribution news, Variety also reports that Drafthouse Films have acquired the rights...
- 5/31/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Lucy Mulloy's "Una Noche," "Una Noche" made a splash at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, where it took home awards for director Mulloy (who also wrote the screenplay), cinematographers Trevor Forrest and Shlomo Godder and leading actors Dariel Arrechada and Javier Nunez Florian. Also read: 'War Witch,' 'Una Noche' Win Top Tribeca Awards "Una Noche" deals with two Cuban teens; one is forced to flee to the United States, while the other debates whether to follow or remain with his sister. Just prior to...
- 5/31/2012
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
It finally lands an American distributor, after Fortissimo Films announced it had acquired international rights to Us/Cuban production Una Noche, which won 3 major awards at last month’s Tribeca Film Festival, including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Cinematography. Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to director Lucy Mulloy's feature film debut, which made headlines last month when two of its Cuban stars - Anailin De La Rua De La Torre and Javier Nunez Florian - decided to stay in the USA instead of returning to Cuba, after the film premiered in New York. Here's the synopsis: Fed up with living in poverty while...
- 5/31/2012
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Sundance Selects will release the Lucy Mulloy-directed Una Noche in North America. The film premiered in Berlin and plays in competition at Tribeca where it won Best New Narrative Director, Best Cinematography and Best Actor in a Narrative Film for Dariel Arrechada and Javier Nunez Florian. Pic follows a day in the life of two Cuban teens as they dream of escaping poverty and heading 90 miles to Miami. This is the film where actress Anailin de la Rua and Nunez Florian actually used the trip to New York as a way to escape Cuba and seek political asylum in the U.S. UTA and Xyz Films sold it.
- 5/31/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
And like that it was gone.
Funny thing about film festivals — no one seems to really miss them when they’re over, although within the provisional community that pops up during such events, no one seems to be able to talk about much else (except what they’d rather be doing). So it was with the 11th Tribeca Film Festival, which came to a close on Sunday. Even at the party for The Fourth Dimension, perhaps the most undeniably hip film in the selection (Vice! Grolsch!), the mood was sort of dutiful. As for the actual film, I, like many, left after the Harmony Korine short; I just wanted a gander at Val Kilmer’s practiced, winking crazy, and the experience left me truly sated.
This year, Tribeca’s lineup was revelatory at times, underwhelming at most others, and politically-tinged issues summoned up by the films were perhaps bigger stories than the films themselves.
Funny thing about film festivals — no one seems to really miss them when they’re over, although within the provisional community that pops up during such events, no one seems to be able to talk about much else (except what they’d rather be doing). So it was with the 11th Tribeca Film Festival, which came to a close on Sunday. Even at the party for The Fourth Dimension, perhaps the most undeniably hip film in the selection (Vice! Grolsch!), the mood was sort of dutiful. As for the actual film, I, like many, left after the Harmony Korine short; I just wanted a gander at Val Kilmer’s practiced, winking crazy, and the experience left me truly sated.
This year, Tribeca’s lineup was revelatory at times, underwhelming at most others, and politically-tinged issues summoned up by the films were perhaps bigger stories than the films themselves.
- 5/1/2012
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Two Cuban actors who went missing at a Florida airport en route to a New York film screening are seeking political asylum in the U.S.
Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de la Rua were no-shows when a connecting flight to the Big Apple from Miami took off earlier this month, and after a week of hiding, the two Latino stars have emerged and announced plans to stay in America.
Ironically, the two 20 year olds portray teenagers seeking new lives in Florida in the film Una Noche (One Night), which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Appearing on Spanish-language channel America TeVe on Friday night, the pair confirmed its plans. An immigration lawyer in Miami has confirmed he is working on behalf of the actors.
Nunez is now an award-winner - he was named Best Actor at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de la Rua were no-shows when a connecting flight to the Big Apple from Miami took off earlier this month, and after a week of hiding, the two Latino stars have emerged and announced plans to stay in America.
Ironically, the two 20 year olds portray teenagers seeking new lives in Florida in the film Una Noche (One Night), which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Appearing on Spanish-language channel America TeVe on Friday night, the pair confirmed its plans. An immigration lawyer in Miami has confirmed he is working on behalf of the actors.
Nunez is now an award-winner - he was named Best Actor at the Tribeca Film Festival.
- 4/30/2012
- WENN
Jury awards for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival were handed out in a ceremony last night, with the top prizes going to War Witch (pictured above), The World Before Her, Una Noche, and Wavumba. In the World Narrative Competition category, War Witch won the Best Narrative Feature prize, while Rachel Mwanza was recognized as Best Actress for her debut performance. Mwanza plays a teenage girl kidnapped to become a soldier. Director Kim Nguyen shot the film entirely in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Una Noche, directed by Lucy Mulloy, received awards for Best Cinematography, Best New Director, and Best Actor, a prize shared by Javier Nunez Florian and Dariel Arrechada. The film examines a day in the life of two impoverished Cuban teens who must decide how badly they want to...
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- 4/27/2012
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
War Witch and Una Noche were the big winners at the Tribeca Film Festival awards in New York this week (beg23Apr12).
Drama War Witch was named Best Narrative Feature, with Rachel Mwanza taking home the Best Actress award at the prizegiving in Manhattan on Thursday night.
Una Noche director Lucy Molloy was honoured, as were the film's cinematographers Trevor Forrest and Shlomo Godder. Dariel Arrechada and Javier Nunez Florian shared the Best Actor award for their role in the Cuban drama.
The awards were presented by the festival's founders Robert De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal, and the jury panel, which included Patricia Clarkson, Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon. Winners received a cash prize of up to $25,000 (£13,000).
Other jurors who cast their opinion on the films include Dakota Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Kim Cattrall and director Brett Ratner.
Audience Award winners will be announced on Saturday.
Drama War Witch was named Best Narrative Feature, with Rachel Mwanza taking home the Best Actress award at the prizegiving in Manhattan on Thursday night.
Una Noche director Lucy Molloy was honoured, as were the film's cinematographers Trevor Forrest and Shlomo Godder. Dariel Arrechada and Javier Nunez Florian shared the Best Actor award for their role in the Cuban drama.
The awards were presented by the festival's founders Robert De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal, and the jury panel, which included Patricia Clarkson, Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon. Winners received a cash prize of up to $25,000 (£13,000).
Other jurors who cast their opinion on the films include Dakota Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Kim Cattrall and director Brett Ratner.
Audience Award winners will be announced on Saturday.
- 4/27/2012
- WENN
"War Witch" and "Una Noche" were the big winners in the Tribeca Film Festival jury awards, which were handed out on Thursday night in New York City. "War Witch" was named Best Narrative Feature, and its leading actress Rachel Mwanza (left) was named Best Actress. "Una Noche" took home awards for director Lucy Molloy, cinematographers Trevor Forrest and Shlomo Godder, and leading actors Dariel Arrechada and Javier Nunez Florian. Javier Nunez Florian did not attend the festival; he disappeared in the Miami airport on his way to the festival and is believed...
- 4/27/2012
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Two Cuban actors have been reported missing after disappearing en route to the New York premiere of their new movie.
Javier Nunez Florian and Analin de la Rua de la Torre failed to board a flight to the Big Apple from Miami, Florida last week (begs16Apr12), and were no-shows at the screening of Una Noche, which was unveiled at the Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday.
Ironically, the 20-year-old actors portray teens defecting from Cuba to the U.S. onscreen - and reports suggest life has imitated art for the budding stars, who are believed to be seeking asylum.
The pair was accompanied on the flight from Cuba to Miami by co-star Dariel Arrechada, also 20, but they were nowhere to be seen when it was time to board the connecting flight.
Florian and de la Rua de la Torre were granted temporary work visas to attend the Tribeca Film Festival, which ends on Sunday.
Javier Nunez Florian and Analin de la Rua de la Torre failed to board a flight to the Big Apple from Miami, Florida last week (begs16Apr12), and were no-shows at the screening of Una Noche, which was unveiled at the Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday.
Ironically, the 20-year-old actors portray teens defecting from Cuba to the U.S. onscreen - and reports suggest life has imitated art for the budding stars, who are believed to be seeking asylum.
The pair was accompanied on the flight from Cuba to Miami by co-star Dariel Arrechada, also 20, but they were nowhere to be seen when it was time to board the connecting flight.
Florian and de la Rua de la Torre were granted temporary work visas to attend the Tribeca Film Festival, which ends on Sunday.
- 4/24/2012
- WENN
In a new twist on art-imitating-life-imitating-art, two of the actors from writer-director Lucy Mulloy’s Tribeca Film Festival drama “Una Noche” vanished into Miami upon arriving from Cuba on their way to New York last week. The film follows the dangerous path three Cuban teenagers take as they try to leave their homeland for the United States. According to the Huffington Post, Anailin de la Rua de la Torre and Javier Nunez Florian fled into Miami after their plane landed on Wednesday, April 18. They were supposed to accompany Mulloy and co-star Dariel Arrechada to New York for the film’s premiere Friday, April 20. None of the filmmakers have seen or heard from them since. Arrechada, who along with the others was making his first visit to the U.S., will return to Cuba next week before his visa expires. On Tuesday, Indiewire, which spoke to the four principals in Berlin,...
- 4/24/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
After landing in Miami last week on their way to the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, Cuban actors Anailin de la Rua de la Torre and Javier Nunez Florian have reportedly disappeared. They were expected to attend the North American premiere screening of "Una Noche" (or "One Night") at Tff on Thursday, April 19, but never boarded the plane following their layover in Miami.Life seems to be imitating art for the young first-time actors, who had never been to the United States before. Their whereabouts are unknown, but they are assumed to have defected to the U.S. "Una Noche" is about three Cuban teens who decide to escape a life of poverty in Havana and defect to Miami via a homemade raft. The film is part of Tribeca's 2012 World Narrative Competition.Dariel Arrechada, who co-stars with de la Torre and Florian in the film, did accompany director Lucy Mulloy.
- 4/24/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Briana Rodriguez)
- backstage.com
Tribeca Episode Two: Sleepless Nights and Cheerful Weather
I was talking about documentary merging with narrative in my last diary entry from Tribeca and fact seems to be proving at least as strange as fiction here this week with the news that two of the stars of Lucy Mulloy's Cuban-set Una Noche are in the wind since their plane touched down in Miami. Life has certainly imitated art, with Anailin de la Rua de la Torre and Javier Nunez Florian - who star as two teenagers who try to escape Cuba on a raft for Miami - making a swift getaway according...
I was talking about documentary merging with narrative in my last diary entry from Tribeca and fact seems to be proving at least as strange as fiction here this week with the news that two of the stars of Lucy Mulloy's Cuban-set Una Noche are in the wind since their plane touched down in Miami. Life has certainly imitated art, with Anailin de la Rua de la Torre and Javier Nunez Florian - who star as two teenagers who try to escape Cuba on a raft for Miami - making a swift getaway according...
- 4/24/2012
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Tribeca Film Festival premiere of "Una Noche," a film about three Cuban teens trying to escape the Communist island nation for a better life in the U.S., was marred by the disappearance of two of the film's lead stars -- who went missing as soon as their plane from Cuba touched down in Miami.
Anailin de la Rua de la Torre and Javier Nunez Florian, the 20-year-old Cuban-born actors, were flown from Cuba to the United States on Wednesday and were supposed to make their way to New York on Friday in order to promote the film. But instead, the pair stayed in Miami, according to 20-year-old Dariel Arrechada, the third star of the film who traveled with them.
"I'm here alone in New York, " Arrechada said.
The Cuban actor also told The Huffington Post that he and his colleagues are unable to reach the two actors, and...
Anailin de la Rua de la Torre and Javier Nunez Florian, the 20-year-old Cuban-born actors, were flown from Cuba to the United States on Wednesday and were supposed to make their way to New York on Friday in order to promote the film. But instead, the pair stayed in Miami, according to 20-year-old Dariel Arrechada, the third star of the film who traveled with them.
"I'm here alone in New York, " Arrechada said.
The Cuban actor also told The Huffington Post that he and his colleagues are unable to reach the two actors, and...
- 4/22/2012
- by Lee Hernandez
- Huffington Post
Cuba is a country that has been trapped in time, bursting with music, color, and life. Most Americans won’t have the opportunity to experience Cuba as it exists now. Lucy Mulloy and her first feature film, Una Noche, are giving us a window to that forbidden world. The daughter of two animators, Lucy comes from a filmmaking family. She had studied politics in undergrad and traveled to Havana after graduation. Captivated by its stunning beauty and sadness she stayed longer than planned and inspiration seeped in. Later, at Nyu for her graduate degree in film she knew she wanted to tell a story about the journey from Cuba to the United States. It is a central story in the lives of many Cuban families; one that she heard often from the people she met when she was there. Una Noche is Lucy’s version of this story, told as...
- 10/12/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
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