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Güeros 15 rating

A teenager is banished to his brother in Mexico City, from where a road trip is planned to track down an elusive musician.

Drama 2014 111 mins

Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios

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Overview

Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee are in the flesh of this lively first feature, a successful experiment in technical skill and personal charm. Tomàs (Sebastián Aguirre) is sent to his elder brother Sombra (Tenoch Huerta), a student who has designs on Ana (Ilse Salas). At Tomàs insistence, they decide to track down a singer from their childhood who, they claim, "once made Dylan cry".

So begins a road trip framed by Alonzo Ruizpalacios as a playful, ambitious and jokey quest that's not afraid to make mordant social comment. The cast brings pace and purpose, helping the director's wilder visions to work. There's a nice line in self-detriment too, as one character slams Mexican director who, "grab a bunch of beggars, shoot in black-and-white and say they're making art films."

Director
Alonso Ruizpalacios
Featuring
Tenoch Huerta MejíaSebastián AguirreIlse SalasLeonardo OrtizgrisAlfonso Charpener
Genres
Drama
Certificate
15strong language
Released
2014
Country
Mexico
Language
Spanish with English subtitles