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Desierto
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Desierto is a 2015 thriller film co-written and directed by Jonás Cuarón. It was produced by Cuarón together with his father Alfonso and his uncle Carlos, and distributed by STXfilms. The film stars Gael García Bernal (also executive producer) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for Special Presentations, and was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominate
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6.2A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante and his loyal Belgian Malinois dog chase the group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous borderland. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they discover there’s nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.
Cast
- Gael García Bernal as Moises
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Sam
- Diego Cataño as Mechas
- Marco Pérez as Lobo
- Alondra Hidalgo as Adela
- Óscar Flores Guerrero as Ramiro
Themes
- mass murder
- survival
- vigilante
- desert
- hunt
- mexican border
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Desierto
- Film.image
- Desierto Film 2015 Poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Jonás Cuarón
- Film.music
- Woodkid
- Film.cinematography
- Damian Garcia
- Film.editing
- Jonás Cuarón
- Film.distributor
- Cinépolis Distribución (Colombia and Mexico)Version Originale/CondorOrange Studio (France)
- Film.runtime
- 88 minutes
- Film.budget
- $3 million
- Film.gross
- $4.9 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 798045
- Official website
- stxmovies.com/desierto
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- publication date
- 2017-04-20
- title
- Desierto
- capital cost
- 3000000
- box office
- 4900000
- review score
- 51/100
- Commons category
- Desierto
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Desierto is a 2015 thriller film co-written and directed by Jonás Cuarón. It was produced by Cuarón together with his father Alfonso and his uncle Carlos, and distributed by STXfilms. The film stars Gael García Bernal (also executive producer) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for Special Presentations, and was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
==Plot== A group of Mexican migrant workers seek a better life by crossing the US border illegally; when the truck carrying them breaks down in the middle of nowhere, the driver points the migrants and his partner Mechas in the direction of the United States and wishes them luck. Moises is also a member of the migrants and follows as the group splits in two while trying to pass the border.