2019 · drama · crime · coming-of-age
Chicuarotes
Directed by Gael García Bernal1h 36m2019
Cagalera and Moloteco are two teenagers from San Gregorio Atlapulco who are desperate to get out and move up and away from oppressive circumstances. When they hear of an opportunity to buy a spot in the electrician’s union, which could transform their lives, they quickly devolve into the criminal, adult underworld of Mexico City in a bid to buy their freedom.
Our read: Chicuarotes (2019) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · crime · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
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