I Don't Want to Be Dust (Spanish: No quiero ser polvo) is a 2022 drama film written, co-produced and directed by Iván Löwenberg. An international co-production between Mexico and Argentina, It stars Bego Sainz as a woman who, in her meditation class, is convinced that a great cataclysm will strike humanity, so she seeks to warn her family.
Synopsis Bego decides to give up her life plans to take care of household chores. She's bored and afraid of being inconsequential, but her world changes when the meditation group she attends announces a major cataclysm: three days of darkness.
Cast
Bego Sainz as Bego Anahí Allué as Adriana Agustina Quinci as Xóchitl Romina Coccio as Martita Eduardo Azuri as Roberto Manuel Poncelis as Cemetery caretaker Mónika Rojas as Yolanda Luis Felipe Castellanos as Silvito J.C. Montes-Roldan as Richard Gerardo Monzalvo as Joel Iván Lowenberg as Iván Rodrigo Cuevas as Fer Mariana Leon Lambarri as Magdita Ilse Miranda as Rosy Luciana Islas as Estefanía Magda Vizcaíno as Teacher (voice) Edurne Keel as Announcer 1 Ingrid Lowenberg as Announcer 2 Keyla Wood as Announcer 3
Production Principal photography lasted 15 days in Mexico amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Release I Don't Want to Be Dust had its world premiere on November 15, 2022, at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival, then was screened on April 25, 2023, at the 15th Milwaukee Film Festival, and on October 4, 2023, at the 7th Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival.
The film was released commercially on December 22, 2022, in Argentine theaters, and on January 4, 2024, in Mexican theaters.
Accolades YearAward / FestivalCategoryRecipientResultRef.202244th Cairo International Film FestivalGolden Pyramid AwardI Don't Want to Be Dust202315th Milwaukee Film FestivalAudience Award - Feature Film19th Monterrey International Film FestivalBest Mexican Fiction Feature Film7th Black Canvas Contemporary Film FestivalMexico Dentro Del Canvas - Best Film12th Feratum International Fantastic Film FestivalMexican Fiction Feature Film Competition - Best Fiction FilmBest Direction
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