In the plains of Durango, the old west town still exists where Mexican and foreign westerns used to be filmed. Old Antonio takes care of the place. One day, Gabriel Navárez, a 13-year-old boy from a small nearby community, secretly gets into the old west town and discovers a fascinating world.
Cinematography
Those wide Durango plains swallow you whole — gorgeous desolation.
Production
Real ghost town location, real history bleeding through every frame.
Director
Juan Antonio de la Riva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Durango's Chupaderos was Mexico's answer to Monument Valley — John Wayne walked these streets, and the film captures its real decay.
Director de la Riva grew up visiting these sets; the film is essentially his love letter to a dying industry he watched collapse.
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