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7.5/10
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Tomas is too much for his lone mother so she sends him to live with his older brother Federico, aka Sombra, in Mexico City.Tomas is too much for his lone mother so she sends him to live with his older brother Federico, aka Sombra, in Mexico City.Tomas is too much for his lone mother so she sends him to live with his older brother Federico, aka Sombra, in Mexico City.
- Awards
- 23 wins & 14 nominations
Yojath Okamoto
- Pichón
- (as Yojarth Okamoto Brambila)
Adolfo López Cruz
- Pedro
- (as Adolfo Cruz)
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Did you know
- TriviaDirector Alonso Ruizpalacios admitted that when he handed the script to Tenoch Huerta he said "this is crap and you are making fun of the people in the strike". But a few days later Tenoch called him to ask how much they were paying and he accepted to play his part in the movie just for the money.
- SoundtracksHasta que te conocí
Performed by Juan Gabriel
Composed by Alberto Aguilera Valadez
Publishing: Universal Music Publishing MGB
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment México, S.A. de C.V.
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"Gueros," is a really fine artsy-farsty coming of age story. It's a quiet Spanish film with English subtitles about a troubled teenage boy in the Mexican countryside, sent to live with his slacker college age brother in Mexico City. The film takes place while the nearby urban university is occupied by student protesters, who often spill into the streets where their anger over economic issues meshes with the poverty of daily life. The older boy is politically apathetic, but his love interest is a leader of the protests, so the energy of the occupation looms large. Along the way the films four main characters travel through the city searching for an elusive almost-rock star whose music played an outsized role in the lives of the boys and their deceased father. The film captures the chaos on the streets as the young boy begins to see the world through new eyes, and as his older brother embraces the cultural upheaval.
"Gueros" is set squarely in Mexico, but it could as easily have been adapted to an American city, and structured around the Black Lives Matter protests. While it's uniquely a Mexican film, the portability of the story gives it wider appeal, and the characters feel like neighbors. It's a rich story told beautifully, and well shot on black and white film. If you are in the mood for a quiet coming of age film set in another culture, "Gueros" will make you smile.
"Gueros" is set squarely in Mexico, but it could as easily have been adapted to an American city, and structured around the Black Lives Matter protests. While it's uniquely a Mexican film, the portability of the story gives it wider appeal, and the characters feel like neighbors. It's a rich story told beautifully, and well shot on black and white film. If you are in the mood for a quiet coming of age film set in another culture, "Gueros" will make you smile.
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- Nov 9, 2018
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $60,114
- Gross worldwide
- $102,354
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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