Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery.
Direction
Eimbcke's deadpan stillness makes silence speak volumes.
Acting
Danny Perea's Rita steals every frame she's in.
Director
Fernando Eimbcke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Mexico's 'New Mexican Cinema' wave—minimalist, working-class, deliberately anti-melodrama. Eimbcke studied under Alfonso Cuarón.
The Xbox 'Halo' tournament they're playing becomes a metaphor for empty competition—Flama and Moko keep score but nothing's really at stake until Rita and Ulises arrive.
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