“Quién te contó esas historias?”
“Nadie, ahí estuvieron siempre.”

In Mexico, women carry the pain of an entire nation. They suffer for their husbands, who are lost to the violence. For their sons, who many times forfeit their chance to grow into men. And they also suffer for and because of their fathers, who never did anything to break these cycles.

In Sujo, writers and directors Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez skilfully craft a testimony of the evils that plague our country that doubles as a lament, focusing on three young boys who are doomed from infancy to carry the sins of their fathers and repeat their mistakes.

And in the middle of it all there’s the two women who…

Nurture has always governed nature. We are the product of multiple circumstances, whether that be from the environment we are raised in or the parents we are born with, and no matter how hard we try, the currents of life won’t suddenly shift itself if the surroundings stay the same. Valadez & Rondero’s Sujo reflects on this through its titular character (Juan Jesús Varela), whose life is doomed from his conception. Already a victim of violence and fatherlessness as a child, the film splits itself into multiple chapters focused on the people around him, akin to the statement "you are the five people you surround yourself with," before ending with the chapter of his own, showing the end result of those…

Sujo es un retrato realistad y desgarrador de la turbulenta realidad de muchos niños en nuestro país.

Teniendo cuenta que el lugar de donde viene Sujo es el mismo estado en el que vive su servidora, solo puedo servir para decir que sí: las cosas están jodidas pero rebien jodidas y son pocos los esfuerzos que existen para cambiarlo.

La batalla constante por tener un poco más que lo necesario se junta con la desesperación de no tener siquiera para comer de vez en cuando. Los trabajos de doble esfuerzo con una recompensa mínima y las miles de caritas que sufren las creces de un México que no tiene nada para ofrecerles a ellos porque ya vienen sin nada.

En…

TREINTA MINUTOS de escuchar puro Paloma y Nacho porque no pusieron el audio del video durante todos los trailers y los diez primeros minutos de película, al próximo que me diga “Paloma y Nacho🗣️” me lo traKATRAKATRAKATRAKA

I’ve been avoiding all the mexican cinema i could ever since i quit film school and honestly I’m deeply embarrassed about it. i had two semesters about it, the teacher was one of the bests i had back then, but it was my first class in the morning for almost every day during a year and if you felt asleep you were kicked out of class for like a week. and man was it HARD not to fall asleep, 8 in the morning,…

A young man named Sujo asks,
"Do you think people can change their life?"

He has been dealt what appears to be an inevitable fate. Will he follow his father's path and become a narco? Will he even reach adulthood or will he be snuffed out due to his very existence? Sujo's question is at the root of the sophomore feature from director Fernanda Valadez. Her first film was "Identifying Features, which I loved. That was written by Astrid Rondero, who this time around co-directes with Valadez.

If you liked "Identifying Features" you'll be very happy with this one. If you haven't I highly recommend it. It's made with the same use of natural light, majestic composition and magical realism.…