Sporadically employed and still living with his successful neurosurgeon mother, Joel finds his only joy in falconry in the flatlands outside Mexico City, until an encounter with a down-to-earth secretary forces him to face reality.
Direction
Calderón's unflinching gaze at comfortable dysfunction.
Acting
Saldaña's deadpan desperation hits uncomfortably close.
Director
Miguel Calderón
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of Mexican indie cinema examining class mobility through family dynamics, not narco violence.
The falconry sequences were shot with actual birds; Saldaña trained for months, lending the performance authentic awkwardness.
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