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Güeros
Güeros
8.8
/10
2,493 Ratings

GÜEROS

Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios
Mexico, 2014
Comedy

Synopsis

The arrival of Tomás gives new energy to his brother Sombra and his friend Santos, whose lives seem to be on hold after a student strike. Together, they decide to go on a road trip to find the legendary musician they listened to as kids, and whose location has been unknown for a long time.

Synopsis

The arrival of Tomás gives new energy to his brother Sombra and his friend Santos, whose lives seem to be on hold after a student strike. Together, they decide to go on a road trip to find the legendary musician they listened to as kids, and whose location has been unknown for a long time.

Our take

Winner of the Best First Feature award at the Berlinale, Alonso Ruizpalacios’s vivacious coming-of-age film is one of the most formally impressive debuts in recent Mexican cinema. Seductively shot in black-and-white, the film is an exuberant examination of Mexico’s historic student strike in 1999.