Cómprame un Revólver (2018)
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Matilde Hernandez, Rogelio Sosa, Ángel Rafael Yanez, Ángel Leonel Corral
In a timeless Mexico ruled by fear and violence, a girl hiding her gender and her friends seek a way to challenge a criminal group's leader.
The story
In a timeless Mexico, a girl disguises herself as a boy, uses a nickname to conceal her gender, and even wears a Hulk mask. She helps her tormented father look after an abandoned baseball field where drug traffickers gather at night. As children endure the violence of drug trafficking in a world with little room for femininity, the girl and her friends seek a way to defeat the leader of a criminal group. Their struggle is tied to a dream of childhood lived freely, far from fear and violence.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In a timeless Mexico, a girl dresses as a boy and uses a nickname to hide her gender, even wearing a Hulk mask. She must help her tormented father look after an abandoned baseball field where drug traffickers play at night. It is a film about a dystopian—and at the same time real—Mexico, where a group of children falls victim to drug-trafficking violence, in a world with no place for femininity. In this story, the girl and her friends will seek a way to defeat the leader of a criminal group and, in doing so, achieve a dream (a utopia): a childhood in which they can live freely, far from fear and violence.
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