CHICUAROTES
Special Features: U.S. Premiere
Gael García Bernal's sophomore feature, following 2007's DEFICIT, is a gritty melodrama with comic flourishes, which centers on the fortunes of Cagalera (Benny Emmanuel) and Moloteco (Gabriel Carbajal) — two inseparable teens from San Gregorio Atlapulco, a Mexico City neighborhood still struggling to rebuild after the 2016 earthquake. Desperate to get out, the pair strive to buy a place in the electrician's union and earn some serious cash, and decide to take a shot at the opportunity by any means necessary. But those means quickly take a turn for the criminal as the friends get swept into a spiral of lies and deception from which there seems to be no escape. Official Selection, 2019 Cannes, Shanghai, San Sebastián and Santiago film festivals. DIR/PROD Gael García Bernal; SCR Augusto Mendoza; PROD Marta Núñez Puerto, Thomas Benski. Mexico, 2019, color, 95 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Opening Date: Tuesday, October 01, 2019
Genre: Drama, coming-of-age
