Prelude is the story of a brief and casual encounter between an aspiring rock star and a chef. An encounter that could change their lives forever.
Acting
Serradilla and Arrietta's chemistry carries the entire runtime
Direction
Lucatero trusts silence more than most indie filmmakers dare
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like humans getting to know each other
Director
Eduardo Lucatero
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in a single location over five nights with a skeleton crew, the restaurant was a real Mexico City spot that closed shortly after filming.
Part of a wave of 2010s Mexican indie cinema exploring class mobility through intimate two-handers, though it never received the international distribution of contemporaries like Güeros.