Rodrigo D: No futuro

The music is the must important expression in the film, all in this sound Peste Mutantex a band of punk band from Medellin. They music say about serius problems and discontent becauase the politician situation in colombia is terrible. The music respresent shout by rodrigo (the principal actor).

"Rodrigo D no No Futuro" is a film direct by victor gaviria and the principal star is ramiro meneses a recognized actor in Colombia. The movie is set in medellin in 1988 was to much violence and drugs, Rodrigo is a teeneger who lost his mother and he find to replace the void left by his mother whit punk music but his family is very poor and he has a lot of problems after his mother died.

I thik is a diferent point of view than other films by victor gaviria, he show diferent parts of medellin, diferent drugs, diferent types of violence and overcoat how the situation in this country impact childrens, teenegers and adults. Most of people try to do something for the situation. This movie leave a ethical reflection and one problematic what has live now.

The movie is based on real facts.

Rodrigo and his friends are bored teenagers living in Medellin. Rodrigo wants to start a punk band. The youths mainly loaf around the hillside shanty towns and, for kicks, steal a bike or car, or shoot someone.

This film really grabbed me. Not necessarily for any specific reason, but more for the overall concept. One, you have the setting in Medellin. For me, that is synonymous with the drug cartel. And at the time this film was released (1990), I am sure that is exactly what it was going for.

Also, the punk rock scene. This is probably naive on my part, but I don't generally think of punk music as being so international. I know there are punk bands everywhere, but it seems odd to have one as the focus of a South American movie. Maybe that's normal. But this surprise is what really made this a great film for me.

This is a brilliant movie about Rodrigo and his friends, a group of punks who wander the streets of Medellin, getting high, stealing cars, listening to Punk and Heavy Metal music. They're stuck in lives of poverty, with no opportunities and no motivation to try to improve their lives. Their routine is interrupted only when the cops catch up with one of them (which is really an inevitability for all of them, sooner or later), or they get into a fight. Rodrigo dreams of starting a rock band, something that might give his life some meaning (he has no education beyond the 1st grade, has no job, and basically sits around the house all day listening to his family complain about how lazy he is). The movie depicts the world of Rodrigo and his friends with harsh realism, accompanied by striking cinematography, pulsing rock music, and a script with an ear for how these people communicate. While this movie is clearly influenced by "Los Olvidados," it also bears a resemblance to Alex Cox's great "Sid and Nancy" - we are invited to see the world in which these young rebels live, and to understand the ways in which it can destroy them.

Rodrigo D is not the best film ever made, it even has some glitches and in the version that I watched a character gets murdered in two different scenes (a confusing screw up). But this is what makes the film so authentic, the actors are natural residents of the slums basically acting themselves, and in reality many die before the movie is even featured.

The slums are just a labyrinth of houses made from whatever material, and people just seem to walk from the steps to the roofs thanks to its disorganized assembly. Many of the rooftops are bare; this was to continue building in the future and rent the subsequent floors, but most roofs remained bare for the coming years. Pure authenticity portraying the internal feelings most higher classes and foreigners take for cold blooded assassins.

If you are having a hard time understanding the scenes, or are looking for the movie online to watch with English subtitles, there's a good article post on Hubpages with the entire movie explained in English. Its called: "Rodrigo D No Futuro Complete Movie Online and Critic Review (with English subtitles)"

Someone told me about this movie years ago and, for whatever reason, they thought it was a serious documentary. It isn't, but it sort of seems like one, though. Honestly, if you aren't a fan of 80's punk, I'd think this one would wear on your nerves pretty quick but, happily, I am so it was OK but not great. This subject matter of lower class youth with no future has been covered before in numerous other films and, having been heavily involved in the punk subculture for over 25 years, starting in the early 80's, you'd think I'd have more sympathy for the characters in this film but I really don't. It didn't end well for many of the people I knew back then and, apparently, it didn't end well for some of the guys in this flick, either. The shanty town portrayed in the movie is clearly a mess, but it's the bad attitude that dooms you. Period. The lack of character development doesn't help, either, and the film just kind of rambles on, but I found it enjoyable enough and it has a great soundtrack. If you feel you need to see every depressing punk rock or juvenile delinquent flick ever made, then you probably need to see it; if you are looking for fun, punk rock shlock south of the border, watch "Intrepidos Punks" because this thing is pretty much a non-stop downer and not fun at all.