Güeros

Name: Güeros
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 20, 2015
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 77

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: May 20, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra and Santos have been living in angst-ridden limbo. Education-less, motionless, purposeless, and unsure of what the strike will bring, they begin to look for strange ways to kill time. But their idiosyncratic routine is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Tomas, Sombra's kidEver since the National University strike broke out, Sombra and Santos have been living in angst-ridden limbo. Education-less, motionless, purposeless, and unsure of what the strike will bring, they begin to look for strange ways to kill time. But their idiosyncratic routine is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Tomas, Sombra's kid brother. Unable to fit in amongst these older slackers, Tomas discovers that unsung Mexican folk-rock hero Epigmenio Cruz has been hospitalized somewhere in the city. Tomas convinces Sombra and Santos they must track him down in order to pay their final respects on his deathbed. But what they thought would be a simple trip to find their childhood idol, soon becomes a voyage of self-discovery across Mexico City's invisible frontiers. [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Alonso Ruiz Palacios

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 106 min

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Andrew O'Hehir

Jul 12, 2015

It’s a gorgeous sound-and-vision journey through a mystical or mythical space that has echoes of the 1960s Paris of Godard and Truffaut and the 1980s New York of Jim Jarmusch. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

May 20, 2015

Best debut feature I’ve seen in the last year, best Mexican film in recent memory, and best (black and white) cinematography since Pawel Pawlikowski’s equally stunning but very different “Ida.” Read full review

The Playlist Oktay Ege Kozak

Jul 12, 2015

Gueros is as close as we’ll get to a parody of art house films while being a proud member of them. Read full review

Elise Nakhnikian

May 17, 2015

A good story, full of life and related with intelligence and a sense of humor. Read full review

Adam Nayman

May 19, 2015

Even if Güeros doesn’t entirely work, it feels worthy: a film made independently and without interference whose reverence for the past thankfully doesn’t result in too much solemnity or seriousness. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jul 12, 2015

The personalities here feel genuine, as if a group of friends had banded together to make a movie just a few degrees removed from their real lives — a la “Clerks” or “Swingers,” though not nearly as conceptual, plot-wise. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

May 20, 2015

Agreeable this film certainly is, but the shagginess never seems to take shape. Read full review

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DogeGamer2015

Nov 6, 2021

Es una película mexicana muy destacable; la trama es buena, las actuaciones son excelentes y la cinematografía de Damián García es sublime. Alonso Ruizpalacios es un buen director de cine. ¡TOTALMENTE RECOMENDABLE!

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alejandro970

Oct 21, 2018

Una de las consecuencias de la huelga en la Universidad Nacional (UNAM), narrada cámara en mano siguiendo los pasos de una juventud desencantada. La fotografía blanco y negro, y el tono pausado de la trama puede no encajar en todos los gustos pero es un inicio con talento y muy prometedor.

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BladeLover2049

Aug 17, 2018

A movie about a search. But what the film is looking for is a simple manipulative result. It seeks to implant a false nostalgia in the viewer. It seeks to impose a message of protest on the spectator. Through free and invisible techniques the film tries to take up reiterative themes in theA movie about a search. But what the film is looking for is a simple manipulative result. It seeks to implant a false nostalgia in the viewer. It seeks to impose a message of protest on the spectator. Through free and invisible techniques the film tries to take up reiterative themes in the Mexican social sphere. But what really finds is a photographic pleasure and a beautiful soundtrack, which unfortunately is linked to a manipulative film and too corny.… Expand

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