“The early 2000s in Mexico saw the dawn of a new kind of film: the edgy, voyeuristic coming-of-age movie. There is sex, there are drugs and there are frank discussions of issues considered “hush-hush” in the wider Mexican culture.”
Sarah DeVries, Writer
Sarah DeVries takes a fresh look at the beginning of Mexico’s coming-of-age film genre, with two films released just as the nation threw off decades of PRI dictatorship.
A touching tale of a child prodigy born in the wrong place, El Jeramías captures what’s truly great about Mexico.
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When it comes to a primer on Mexican cynicism about society, nothing tops Luis Estrada’s 1999 classic about a naive janitor who becomes the corrupt mayor of a small town.
