Fausto (2019)

Name: Fausto
Genre: Horror, Fantasy
Released: 2019-03-21

1h 10m

Running Time

Plot.

On the Oaxacan coast of Mexico, rumblings of previous times are never far from the surface. Tales of shapeshifting, telepathy and dealings with the Devil are embedded in the colonization and enslavement of the Americas. Characters from the Faust legend mingle with the inhabitants, while attempting to colonize and control nature through a seemingly never-ending building project. Through literature, myth and local entanglements, the frontier between reality and fiction, and the seen and unseen, no longer apply.

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Cast & Crew.

Victor Pueyo

Fernando Renjifo

Ziad Chakaroun

Alberto Núñez

Gabino Rodríguez

Julia Flores

Jim Parker

Andrea Bussmann

Director / Editor / Writer / Producer / Sound Recordist / Cinematography

Nicolás Pereda

Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 21, 2019

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 10m

Genres
Horror Fantasy

Last updated: 2025-05-30

Wiki.

Fausto is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Andrea Bussmann and released in 2018. Set in Oaxaca, Mexico, the film blurs the lines between reality and fantasy by exploring the community's mythologies and folklore.

The film was shot on video, and then transferred to 16mm film.

The film premiered at the 2018 Locarno Film Festival, where it received an honourable mention from the Filmmakers of the Present competition jury. It had its Canadian premiere in the Wavelengths program at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.