A young mexican smuggler and a little girl travel illegally on top of a cargo train, called La Bestia, to get to the USA. An injury transforms his perception of the journey.
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disculpa, querido vecino, si yo toco a tu puerta. no busco problemas, solo una oportunidad
it just feels so good to see a Gobelins animation in spanish and the quality of this masterpiece makes it even better
From Wikipedia:
“La Bestia ("The Beast"), also known as El tren de la muerte ("The death train") and El tren de los desconocidos ("The train of the unknowns"), refers to a freight train that starts its route in Chiapas state in southern Mexico, near the border of Guatemala. From there it travels north to the Lecherías station on the outskirts of Mexico City, where it connects with a network of Mexican freight trains heading to different points on the U.S. border. It is estimated that each year, between 400,000 and 500,000 migrants, the majority of whom are from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, ride atop these trains in the effort to reach the United States. Although these trains (which transport…
This are the people that should be making mexican animated films.
Perfectly structured to show the difficulties Mexicans go through the U.S borders ....
Funciona como una breve y contundente introducción a los horrores que enfrentan los migrantes que viajan en La bestia. Esta fuerte realidad se cuenta a través de una animación verdaderamente vibrante. El estilo de arte, los colores y la música complementan la historia y crean una experiencia conmovedora.
probably top ten weirdest things to watch in lutnick library on a 13 inch laptop
ها هو الحلم يمتطي قطار الموت يجرّ خلفه قلوبًا أنهكها الفقر والانتظار عرباته مزيج خوف ورجاء ووجوه تصارع الحرمان وتتشبث بضوء بعيد ينطلق صفيره كصرخة حياة تراهن على الفناء لتولد من جديد وعلى القضبان يتمدد قدر قاس لا وعد فيه سوى نجاة أو هلاك وبين العربات يتربّص وحش المجهول يوزّع ظلاله على كل نفس تترقب المصير
Me gusta mucho la idea de ver al tren como una literal bestia y la animación es el formato ideal para ello, pero no comulgo con varios aspectos del corto.
El arquetipo del antihéroe masculino que debe proteger a una niña no me disgusta por sí mismo, pero ponérselo a un coyote (palabras más, palabras menos, está traficando a una niña) en un país como México, sí me parece problemático. Claro, #NotAllCoyotes: Se sabe que más o menos hasta la primera década del 2000, eran familias modestas quienes guiaban a las personas migrantes para cruzar la frontera a cambio de dinero, con relativamente pocos riesgos. Tal vez este perfil es el que buscaban sus directores, pero también se sabe que…
Story telling as it should be.
Great animation, great soundtrack.
The wound as a beast's eye was mesmerising.
Dear passengers, our train has just transformed into a red organ monster so we are going to be late by around 5 minutes, thank you for choosing hell as your destination.
i'm always a little hesitant about works that interpret real-life tragedies and horrors as magical realism/fantastical — ESPECIALLY when it's set in latin america — under the guise that "this is from a children's point of view" when the youngest members of my family and many others know about these things without sugarcoating from a young age. this was very well-done, and it definitely made me feel like crying, but there's always that hesitation for me.
"Este tren no perdona una"
Bien merecido ese Annie. Me alegra ver mexicanos telentosos triunfando por el mundo.
