Jorge and Aarón, two young boys growing up in a quiet town often miss classes to go together to the cinema matinee. One day they are kidnapped by robbers while traveling in a truck. After the disintegration of the band, they begin to participate in the robberies until the adventure turns into something more sinister and dangerous.
Direction
Hermosillo builds dread through silence, not spectacle.
Acting
The boys' chemistry shifts from playful to devastating.
Cinematography
Flat Mexican sunlight that refuses to romanticize anything.
Director
Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hermosillo was Mexico's most openly gay director of the era; this is his most coded work, made when explicit queer cinema was censored.
The child actors were non-professionals found in the director's hometown; their raw performances were partly improvised.
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