LÁZARO AT NIGHT

LÁZARO DE NOCHE

Nicolás Pereda • Mexico, Canada • 2024 • 76 min. • 4K

SYNOPSIS

Three friends in their early forties find themselves auditioning for a coveted role in a film. As they navigate the audition process, one of them interviews a former literature teacher. Her voice takes us to their past and we find that in literature they are able to dream and hope in ways that the real, dull, pathetic world doesn’t allow. As they reminisce about their past, the bonds of their friendship become entangled in an uneasy love triangle.

TRAILER

AWARDS

Prix de la Diffusion Québecor
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. Canada (2024)

FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS

FIDMarseille International Film Festival | International Competition. France (2024)
Toronto International Film Festival. Canada (2024)
New York Film Festival. United States (2024)
Lima Alterna International Film Festival. Peru (2024)
BIFF Bogotá International Film Festival. Colombia (2024)
Doclisboa International Film Festival. Portugal (2024)
Cinemaissí Helsinki Latin American Film Festival. Finland (2024)
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival. Austria (2024)
Refocus Film Festival. United States (2024)
Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo. Brazil (2024)
FicValdivia International Film Festival. Chile (2024)
Morelia Film Festival. Mexico (2024)
L’Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival. Spain (2024)
Libre Cinema Festival. Mexico (2024)
IFFI Goa International Film Festival. India (2024)
Hainan Island Film Festival. China (2024)
Festival del Nuevo Cine Lationaomericano de La Habana. Cuba (2024)
Göteborg Film Festival. Sweden (2025)

PRESS

"Existential questions are treated with the dry humor and awkward pauses customary of Pereda’s recent work, and his actors expand seemingly simple setups through expressive body language."

FILM COMMENT • by Beatrice Loayza

"The film delicately folds in on itself with pleasurable moments of repetition and variation that unsettle us from traditional viewing relations."

POV Magazine • by Winnie Wang

"The pleasures of a Pereda film are distinct, and his latest film is the furthest he’s explored his own style."

IN REVIEW • by Zach Lewis

"Lázaro at Night ruminates on the messiness of modern sexuality"

LatinaMediaCo • by Alejandra Martínez

"A thoughtful exploration of authenticity, this film doubles as a scalding satire of the film industry"

The Chicano Film Shelf • by Michael Zandejas

CREW

SCREENWRITER & DIRECTOR
Nicolás Pereda

PRODUCERS
Nicolás Pereda
Catalina Pereda

CAST
Lázaro G. Rodríguez
Luisa Pardo
Francisco Barreiro
Teresita Sánchez
Gabriel Nuncio
Clarissa Malheiros

CINEMATOGRAPHER
Nicolás Pereda

SOUND
Pablo Cervera

EDITOR
Nicolás Pereda

MUSIC
Natalia Pérez Turner
Gonzalo Gutiérrez
Leonardo Chávez

TRAILER
Diandra Arriaga

FESTIVALS & SALES
María Vera (KINO REBELDE)