Orphaned by violence. Shaped by legacy. Defined by destiny.
When a hitman is murdered, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence stalks Sujo at every stage of his life. As he grows into a man, Sujo will discover that fulfilling his father's destiny seems inevitable.
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Grave, earnest, contemporary and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Dec 20247/10
A revenge killing in a remote Mexican town leaves the already motherless young "Sujo" (Kevin Aguilar) an orphan. Luckily for him, his aunt "Neme" (Yadira Pérez) rescues him from the same vengeful fate and brings him up determined that he will resist the temptations of the town that might lead him to follow in his father's footsteps. That's no easy task as his close friends soon end up involved with the local cartel and so she sends the now teenage lad to find work in the vastness of their capital. Here he (now Juan Jesús Varela) begins to yearn for an education, and befriends the teacher "Susan" (Sandra Lorenzano) but the visit of his childhood friend "Jai" (Alexis Varela) reminds him that it's going to be very difficult to cut the ties with his past. This is really quite a touching depiction of a life born into a society that's tight, loyal and violent. Depart from the established order of things and life soon becomes worthless, existence perilous and it's an entire family that can become a target. The young Aguilar sets up the characterisation really quite effectively as an innocent young boy caught up in a maelstrom of events that leaves him rudderless and alone before morphing
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Cast
- Juan Jesús VarelaSujo
- Yadira PérezNemesia
- Sandra LorenzanoSusan
- Alexis VarelaJai
- Jhon Jairo HernándezJeremy
- Karla GarridoRosalia
- Ricardo LunaAurelio
- Kevin AguilarSujo niño
Crew
- Fernanda ValadezDirector
- Astrid RonderoDirector
- Astrid RonderoWriter
- Fernanda ValadezWriter
- Ximena AmannDirector of Photography
- Astrid RonderoEditor
- Susan KordaEditor
- Fernanda ValadezEditor
- Jewerl RossProducer
- Jean-Baptiste Bailly-MaitreProducer
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