Taos Film Festival Presents: Leonora in the Morning Light + Filmmaker Q&A
Monday, September 28th, 2026
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Price: Free for Members, $10 General Admission, $9 Senior, $5 Youth/Student
Taos Center for the Arts
TaosFF 2027
Leonora in the Morning Light
Q&A w/ Directors Thor Klein & Lena Vurma
MON, September 28, 6pm
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Defiant, brilliant, and untameable, Leonora Carrington refused to live by anyone’s rules but her own. In the charged atmosphere of 1930s Paris, she falls under the spell of the Surrealist movement—and into a passionate, volatile love affair with the German artist Max Ernst. Together, they create a world where art and life blur, surrounded by icons like André Breton and Salvador Dalí, and build an otherworldly refuge in the south of France filled with sculpted creatures and strange, living dreams.
But as war engulfs Europe, their fantasy shatters. Ernst is arrested as an enemy alien, and Leonora is thrust into a nightmare of loss, madness, and survival. Fleeing to Spain, she spirals into psychological torment and endures brutal institutional treatment. Emerging scarred but unbroken, Leonora finds her way to Mexico—a place of magic and rebirth—where she reclaims her art, her identity, and her freedom.
Leonora in the Morning Light is the epic true story of a woman who turned trauma into transcendence, creating beauty from chaos and forging a legacy that changed the history of modern art.
About the Directors
Thor Klein grew up in Germany and studied at the prestigious German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). His debut feature film was science based mystery-thriller LOST PLACE, followed by Award-winning German-British-Polish co-production ADVENTURES OF A MATHEMATICIAN. LEONORA IN THE MORNING LIGHT is his third feature film.
Lena Vurma is originally from Switzerland, now based between Germany and Scotland. Since studying at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin, Thor Klein and Lena Vurma work as a duo.
Lena has produced four award winning feature films (LOST PLACE, IN THE SHADOWS, ADVENTURES OF A MATHEMATICIAN, LEONORA IN THE MORNING LIGHT). LEONORA IN THE MORNING LIGHT is her first feature film as a director.
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