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Güeros
Sign in to saveGüeros is a 2014 Mexican road comedy-drama film written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios. Set in Mexico City in 1999, the film tells the story of three restless teenagers searching for a folk-rocker during the Mexican capital's student strike. The film won five Ariel Awards, including Best Picture in 2015.
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7.5Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.
Cast
- Sebastián Aguirre as Tomás
- Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Sombra
- Leonardo Ortizgris as Santos
- Ilse Salas as Ana
- Raúl Briones as Furia
- Sophie Alexander-Katz as Young Mother
Themes
- mexico city, mexico
- strike
- musician
- coming of age
- road movie
- dramedy
- 1990s
- brother brother relationship
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
5,488 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
77/100
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 23 wins & 14 nominations total
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Reception
- Cast
- Awards and nominations
- Ariel Awards
- Other Awards
- References
- External links
- Further reading
Güeros is a 2014 Mexican road comedy-drama film written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios. Set in Mexico City in 1999, the film tells the story of three restless teenagers searching for a folk-rocker during the Mexican capital's student strike. The film won five Ariel Awards, including Best Picture in 2015.
==Plot== In 1999, Tomás, a teenager from Veracruz, is sent to live with his brother Sombra in Mexico City after an incident with water balloons. Sombra lives with Santos, a fellow student, because of the CGH strike. They spend their time in their apartment in Copilco doing nothing, without money and with little food, they drink alcohol, smoke tobacco and steal electricity from the neighbor downstairs.
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