Jesús

Name: Jesús
Genre: Drama
Released: September 1, 2017
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Alejandro Goic, Constanza Moreno, Esteban González, Gastón Salgado, Nicolás Durán

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Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: September 1, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Alejandro Goic, Constanza Moreno, Esteban González, Gastón Salgado, Nicolás Durán, Sebastián Ayala

Summary: Eighteen-year-old Jesús is trapped in a dead-end cycle of drugs, sex, apathy, and an obsession with violence. Living in a small flat with his widower father, Hector, where the TV covers up their inability to communicate, is not helping matters. After his band loses a competition, he and his friends get drunk and head out, looking for aEighteen-year-old Jesús is trapped in a dead-end cycle of drugs, sex, apathy, and an obsession with violence. Living in a small flat with his widower father, Hector, where the TV covers up their inability to communicate, is not helping matters. After his band loses a competition, he and his friends get drunk and head out, looking for a thrill. They finally find it in a cemetery: a young defenseless boy crosses their path, and violence ensues. Soon, the attack is national news, and the police are searching for those responsible. Desperate to avoid the authorities as well as his friends, Jesús has no choice but to turn to his father for help.… Expand

Director: Fernando Guzzoni

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Pamela Pianezza

Aug 30, 2017

Jesús investigates the darkest side of adolescence, raising a number of moral questions without providing easy answers. The top-notch cast is the icing on the cake, with Goic stoically embodying Chile’s hopes and failures while young Durán mesmerizes with his stunning androgyny. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Aug 30, 2017

Jesús proves a gripping cautionary tale unafraid to let its characters suffer for justice. A son’s mistake becomes a father’s failure and no matter what happens, no one’s soul is left whole. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Aug 31, 2017

The tense final act...investigates its moral quandaries with a rigor this kind of bad-seed street-teen movie usually can’t manage. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

Aug 30, 2017

Often shown in dark, flat and agitated closeups, Goic and Duran are both compelling performers. Read full review

Robert Abele

Sep 7, 2017

Guzzoni’s movie is an unsparing portrait of aimlessness told mostly in the queasiest shades. Read full review

Derek Smith

Aug 27, 2017

Fernando Guzzoni's Jesus is at its best when it steers clear of pat moralizing and simply yokes its moody sense of atmosphere to the aimlessness of the story’s young characters. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Aug 31, 2017

One feels the filmmaker trying hard to work out the inner struggles of his sad but largely unsympathetic characters. But his movie is as miserable and ultimately confounding as it is earnest. Read full review

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