Synopsis
Ciudad de México. Skateboarding compadres and casual lovers, Miguel and Johnny have known each other since they were kids—Johnny’s mother, Brenda, is still the maid for Miguel’s well-off family. The two kids spend most of their wasteful days skating through the streets of the city, along the overpasses, through the markets and plazas, supporting their shambolic lifestyle by herding up “cows” to be “milked”—marshalling their friends to sell their blood to emergency rooms and ambulances. All goes relatively well until a lucrative offer arrives that turns out to be cartel-related and much more than the still-innocent Miguel and Johnny can handle. Catalan première
* Festivals i premis
Special Jury Mention in San Sebastián / FIPRESCI in Rio de Janeiro / Best Mexican Film and Special Jury Mention in Morelia
Filmmaker
Julio Hernández Cordón
(USA, 1975) He studied Educational Communication and Journalism at the University Rafael Landivar in Guatemala. He further developed his vocation for filmmaking at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City. His first feature film, Gasolina, won the Horizontes Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2008. Las marimbas del infierno (2010) earned him the Grand Jury Prize at the Miami Film Festival. It’s his second film at D’A Film Festival after presenting Te prometo Anarquía in 2016.
Filmography: Cómprame un revólver (2018), Atrás hay relámpagos (2017), Te prometo anarquía (2015, D’A 2016), Hasta el sol tiene manchas (2012), Polvo (2012), Las marimbas del infierno (2010), Gasolina (2008)
