Twelve Moons

Directed by Victoria Franco
Mexico
2025
97 mins

Synopsis

Shot in stunning black and white and awash with unforgettable imagery, this intense drama traces a middle-class architect’s descent into turmoil following a terrible disappointment.

Increasingly despondent at her inability to have a child, the affluent, 40-year-old architect Sofia (Ana de la Reguera, superb) indulges in everything she can – weed, alcohol, cocaine – to dull the pain. After one bender too many, and an intervention, she’s forced into rehab. But the continued decline of her personal and professional fortunes drives Sofia to increasingly risky behaviour, fuelled too by her husband’s indifference. Soon she finds herself out on the streets, in need of some great inner resolve to find her way back to life. Produced by Michel Franco (whose Dreams plays at SFF this year), Twelve Moons is filled with images both extremely beautiful and very disturbing, making for an indelible debut.

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Tickets

Wed 11 June 2025, 8:15pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3
WheelchairSubtitledAssisted Listening
Sat 14 June 2025, 8pm
Palace Central Cinemas - Cinema 1
WheelchairSubtitledAssisted Listening
  • Program Strand
  • Original Title
    DOCE LUNAS
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 18+
  • Country
    Mexico
  • Language
    In Spanish with English subtitles
  • Director
    Victoria Franco
  • Producer
    Michel Franco, Eréndira Núñez Larios, Victoria Franco, Yardena Maimon
  • Cast
    Ana de la Reguera, Enrique Arreola
  • Screenwriter
    Victoria Franco
  • Cinematographer
    Sergio Armstrong
  • Editor
    Oscar Figueroa Jara, Victoria Franco
  • Genre
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    World Sales: The Match Factory
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