Who Is Dayani Cristal? a documentary made with actor Gael Garcia Bernal just showed at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and it has already been picked up by Mundial.
On August 3, 2010, in Pima County, Arizona, border police discover the decomposing body of a male in the blistering heat of the Sonora desert. When the lift up the man’s shirt, they see a tattoo reading, “Dayani Cristal”.
Who is this person? What brought him here? How did he die? And who—or what—is Dayani Cristal?
Marc Silver’s masterful documentary assembles the answers to these questions using beautifully realized dramatic sequences with famed actor Gael García Bernal. Silver and Bernal reconstruct this John Doe, denied an identity at his point of death, into a living and breathing human being with a full and deeply engaging life story. Unfolding like a thrilling crime drama, the film builds to an emotionally devastating climax.
- David Courier, Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival
The deal, which was announced Monday morning, was reportedly brokered by Mundial’s vice president Cristina Garza and members of IM Global, Mundial’s parent company.
Bernal both appeared in the documentary and co-produced it with Lucas Ochoa and Thomas Benski.Who Is Dayani Cristal? a documentary made with actor Gael Garcia Bernal just showed at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and it has already been picked up by Mundial.
On August 3, 2010, in Pima County, Arizona, border police discover the decomposing body of a male in the blistering heat of the Sonora desert. When the lift up the man’s shirt, they see a tattoo reading, “Dayani Cristal”.
Who is this person? What brought him here? How did he die? And who—or what—is Dayani Cristal?
Marc Silver’s masterful documentary assembles the answers to these questions using beautifully realized dramatic sequences with famed actor Gael García Bernal. Silver and Bernal reconstruct this John Doe, denied an identity at his point of death, into a living and breathing human being with a full and deeply engaging life story. Unfolding like a thrilling crime drama, the film builds to an emotionally devastating climax.
- David Courier, Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival
The deal, which was announced Monday morning, was reportedly brokered by Mundial’s vice president Cristina Garza and members of IM Global, Mundial’s parent company.
Bernal both appeared in the documentary and co-produced it with Lucas Ochoa and Thomas Benski.
