This award-winning début feature is a road movie in which the travellers barely manage to leave town. A coming of age comedy which pays homage to the French New Wave.

Following an incident with a baby and a water balloon, Tomás’ mother sends her restless son packing to live with his aimless college-aged brother Sombra and his room-mate Santos in Mexico City. Sombra and Santos had been wiling away their days stealing their neighbour's electricity and ignoring the months-long student strike at the National University that’s keeping them out of school. But Tomás gives them purpose when he convinces them to locate a beloved ageing folk singer, and they set off on a road trip across the city through perilous slums and the rebellious halls of the university to the ritzy night life down-town. 

Director Alonso Ruizpalacios arrives as a bold new voice in Mexican cinema with his energetic and imaginative feature début - a cool, retro, black-and-white portrait of Mexico City and of three restless young men searching for a purpose and identity in a city of millions.  

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