Nicolás Pereda on the Metafictional Tricks of Fauna | NYFF58

Nicolás Pereda discusses Fauna, a Currents selection at the 58th New York Film Festival, with programmer Aily Nash. Playing virtually nationwide through this Thursday only: virtual.filmlinc.org/film/fauna/
Protean filmmaker Nicolás Pereda always takes viewers on zigzag narratives whose complexities belie the sedentary nature of the characters at their center. His alternately ticklish and dark-toned latest feature mixes realism and light absurdity in the story of a young television actress who joins her estranged brother and new boyfriend-also an actor, though he has yet to graduate from bit player-to visit her family at her parents’ rustic home in the Mexican countryside. There, the couple deals with culture clash and familial rivalries, but Pereda has a metafictional trick up his sleeve that reveals the grim intimations of violence bubbling under the community. Fauna, taking its title from one of its characters, is a clever and entertaining inquiry into performance and the stories we tell.
Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, the 58th New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema from September 17-October 11. This year’s festival features drive-in screenings in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens and virtual screenings available nationwide. Get tickets and see more information: www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020
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