The Secret of Doctor Grinberg

Director: Ida Cuéllar
2020 In distribution
90 min

The Secret of Doctor Grinberg is a Polar Star Films production in coproduction with Primo and Ida Cuellar.

Sinopsis

In 1994 and at the height of his career, Jacobo Grinberg mysteriously disappeared. The strange circumstances of his disappearance have given rise to multiple hypotheses and theories that have hindered shedding light on the case.

Considered by many to be the “Einstein of consciousness”, Grinberg took the study of psychophysiology beyond the limits of traditional science in his attempt to map the infinite potential of the human brain. Serious and meticulous, a professor at UNAM, National Autonomous University of Mexico, and director of a modern laboratory, Dr. Grinberg researched and experimented to the point of proving the first signs of telepathy.

Following the investigations of Chief Superintendent Clemente Padilla, this documentary reconstructs the surprising and real facts that lead up to the disappearance of Dr. Grinberg. An amazing journey through the exotic locations of Mexico, the United States, India, Nepal, Barcelona and Madrid.

Awards

Audience Award DocsMX 2020
Panorama Prize DocsValència 2020
Premi Latitud DocsBarcelona 2021

Cinemas

DOCSDELMES – septiembre 2022
CINETECA NACIONAL MX – Talento Emergente septiembre 2022

Festivals

Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival 2020 – Official Selection
Festival de Málaga 2020 – Official Selection
Festival Internacional de Cine Guanajuato 2020 – Official Selection
Festival DocsMX 2020 – Official Selection
Guadalajara Film Festival 2020 – Section “A Mexican Festival”
Morbido Film Festival 2020 – Official Selection
DocsValència 2020 – Official Selection
DocsBarcelona 2021 – Official Selection