Overview
- The Mexican coming‑of‑age feature by Bruno Santamaría Razo premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week and drew early praise for nerve and invention.
- Reviewers describe a hybrid form that folds reenactments into interviews, with the director and real relatives appearing on camera.
- Set in early‑1990s Mexico City, the story begins around an 11th birthday as a father’s AIDS diagnosis reshapes family life and the boy’s sense of self.
- The film uses handheld camerawork, long silences, pop songs, drag flourishes, and playful wall drawings that spring to life, then delivers a late turn without tipping its hand.
- Critics place it in a current festival wave of self‑reflective cinema, comparing it to Four Daughters and Stories We Tell, with no distribution plans reported yet.