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After Lucía

Después de Lucía

Mexico

2012

103 Min
Color
Spanish
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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DIR Michael Franco

PROD Marco Polo Constandse, Michael Franco, Alexis Fridman, Fernando Rovzar

DP Chuy Chávez

CAST Tessa Ia, Gonzalo Vega Jr., Tamara Yazbek, Hernán Mendoza

SOUND Federico González, Miguel Jaramillo, Daniel Paredes Guerrero

Cannes (Un Certain Regard): Un Certain Regard Award, London (Official Competition), AFI FEST (New Auteurs), Stockholm (Competition), Miami (Cinema 360° ), San Francisco (New Directors)

Synopsis

After his wife’s death in a car accident, Roberto moves to Mexico City with his teenage daughter Alejandra. While father and daughter are inherently close, their repressed grief and lack of communication threatens to unhinge them when Ale becomes the victim of brutal bullying at school. —SFIFF

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16May13

Disturbing film about high school bullying and loneliness

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Carlos Filipe Freitas

4May13

Presenting a strong conception and execution, “After Lucia” exposes the horrors of bullying, the inconvenience of technology, and the blindness of revenge, all in the same package. Review and Rating: http://alwayswatchgoodmovies.blogspot.com/2013/05/after-lucia-2012.html

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2May13

This is real, everyday stuff,

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Depois de Lúcia

By Gustavo Cruz E Silva on April 6, 2013

Mais aceitável que o anterior de Michel Franco, “Daniel & Ana”, mas ainda assim difícil e quase forçado no estabelecimento de tensão. É cinema de alto nível, destro, marcante. Diversas cenas extraordinárias…  read review

Después de las ogetadas.

By Salvado​r Amores on October 20, 2012

El bullying, según me he informado en mi corta vida, significa abuso escolar, o sea, que una bola de culeros hace resaltar tus defectos en tu propia cara para hacerte sentir mal, o te pegan. O así…  read review

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