2008 · drama
Los Bastardos
Directed by Amat Escalante1h 27m2008
A 24 hour period in the lives of Fausto and Jesus, two undocumented Mexican day-laborers in L.A. Each day another task, each day the same pressure to find money. They go about their daily routine, standing on the corner at the Home Improvement Store waiting for work to come. Today, the job they are given is well paid compared to their poor usual wages.
Our read: Los Bastardos (2008) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- bleak
- intimate
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