A road movie about teenage Guatemalan immigrants and their journey to the U.S.
A tough yet tender and beautifully crafted human drama that more than earns those Loach comparisons.
Quemada-Díez channels Sin Nombre via Ken Loach as he mixes style and grit, the personal and the political.
Impressive debut.
Unsentimental, understated, underdeveloped.
It's a tough, absorbing and suspenseful drama, excellently acted by its three non-professional leads.
There is no sentimentality at all in his treatment of the kids' plight – one reason why the film has such an impact.
A beguiling, heartbreaking first feature from Diego Quemada-Diez.
The result is at once urgent, defiant, and heartbreaking.
The blindingly obvious irony of the title notwithstanding, this hard-hitting social realist drama about two Guatemalan teens and a non-Spanish speaking Tzotzil Indian attempting to migrate to the US is worth enduring.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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