Since winning the prestigious Camera D'Or at Cannes last year, first-time director Michael Rowe's ANO BISIESTO (LEAP YEAR) has been touring the festival circuit and drawing well-founded comparisons with Bernando Bertolucci's butter-smeared erotic classic LAST TANGO IN PARIS. I was lucky enough to catch the film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival earlier this year, and it's a powerful and at times disturbing portrait of a deeply troubled woman searching for gratification and love in all the wrong places. Monica del Carmen is fantastic in the lead, ably supported by the familiar intensity of Gustavo Sanchez Parra.
The film is set for release in the US later this year through Strand Releasing, who have offered us the opportunity to run their rather revealing new poster as an exclusive. There's a larger version in the gallery below as well as the international trailer - which may well prove unsafe for viewing in the workplace.