Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 120 minutes
The story of four teenagers: Negus, Chale, Sapo and Chata. Childhood friends living in public housing in a rundown area of Mexico City, search to trump idleness. They toy with the idea of robbing a movie theatre.
Year of production : 2010 Director(s) : Iria GOMEZ CONCHEIRO Writer(s) : Juan Pablo GOMEZ Cast : Angel SOSA, Gabino RODRIGUEZ, Juan Pablo DE SANTIAGO, Paulina ALVALOS Producer(s) : Iria GOMEZ CONCHEIRO (Ciudad Cinema)
Negus, Chale, Sapo, and Chata are teenagers living in Mexico's Guerrero colony. Friends since childhood, they have too much time on their hands and spend most of it drowning their problems in a constant haze of marijuana, lusting after the opposite sex, and hanging out at skate parks, graffiti hot spots, and hip-hop jam sessions. One day, inspired by the pain of empty pockets and the crush against the gritty boundary between adolescence and adulthood, the foursome have a massive brainstorm that will solve all of their problems—they decide to rob the local cinema. Each finds his or her reason to go ahead with the caper, unaware that the ordeal may threaten the only thing they have—their friendship. The Cinema Hold Up is a vibrant, authentic, and wonderfully observed portrait of the tempo and texture of today's Mexican youth culture. First-time feature director Iria Gómez Concheiro draws pitch-perfect performances from the talented ensemble cast and registers a strong and original voice in Mexican cinema.
Country(ies) : MEXICO Start of shooting : November 2009
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