Sundown

Conspicuously wealthy and decidedly aloof, Neil Bennett (Tim Roth) lives the good life. Vacationing with his sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her children, he spends his days lounging poolside at a posh Acapulco resort. But then the phone rings with terrible news: there’s been a death in the family. With his passport “missing,” he remains behind in Mexico, vowing to return to London on the next available flight. He checks into a budget hotel, wanders the beaches, drinks beer, and flirts with the locals. What’s gotten into him, and why isn’t he answering his phone? Writer-director Michel Franco (New Order, After Lucia) steeps the proceedings in a mysterious tension, as he examines a stark class disparity and the listless ennui of the moneyed elite against the backdrop of a beautiful-but-dangerous Acapulco.