USA / Mexico,
2008, 90 min
Directed by:
Alex RiveraCinematography:
Lisa RinzlerComposer:
tomandandyCast:
Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Giovanna Zacarías, Emilio Guerrero, Tenoch Huerta, Sergio Limon, Luis Fernando Peña, Marius Biegai, Martín Palomares (more)Plots(1)
The place: Mexico. The time: The near future. Memo Cruz has always dreamed of leaving his tiny village and heading north to a big city where he can work in a modern, high-tech factory. Finally, his dream becomes a reality...and his reality becomes a nightmare! Memo finds himself in a terrifyingly bizarre world of border walls, shanty towns, high-tech factories, remote control drones and aqua-terrorists a world of tomorrow that will soon be today! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2009 - Alex Rivera, Anthony Bregman (Best First Feature)
Sundance Film Festival
- 2008 - Alex Rivera, David Riker (Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic)
- 2008 - Alex Rivera, David Riker (Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize)
- 2008 - Alex Rivera (U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)
- 2002 - Alex Rivera (NHK Filmmaker Award)
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 2008 - Alex Rivera (Horizons Award)