Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.
Direction
Plá's suffocating framing traps you inside the compound.
Acting
Daniel Tovar's Alejandro carries wrenching silent indecision.
Director
Rodrigo Plá
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Plá based the script on real 'colonias cerradas' in Mexico City, where extreme wealth inequality literally walls communities apart. The film sparked debates about whether it exaggerated class tensions or simply held up a mirror.
The compound has no name in the film—it's just 'la zona'—making it every gated community and none, a universal allegory of privilege under siege.
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