Desierto
| Desierto | |
|---|---|
 Teaser poster | |
| Directed by | Jonás Cuarón |
| Written by | Jonás Cuarón Mateo Garcia |
| Produced by | Alfonso Cuarón Carlos Cuarón Jonás Cuarón Alex Garcia Charles Gillibert |
| Starring | Gael García Bernal Jeffrey Dean Morgan |
| Cinematography | Damian Garcia |
| Music by | Woodkid |
| Distributed by | STX Entertainment |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 94 minutes[1] |
| Country | Mexico |
| Languages | English Spanish |
| Budget | $3 million[2] |
Desierto is a 2015 Mexican thriller film directed by Jonás Cuarón. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] where it won the Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for Special Presentations.[4] The film is scheduled to be released on March 4, 2016, by STX Entertainment.
Plot
What begins as a hopeful journey by Mexican migrant workers looking to seek a better life by crossing the US border quickly becomes a fight for survival, when the unarmed men and women are chased across the desert terrain by a merciless rifle-toting vigilante.[5]
Cast
- Gael García Bernal as Moises
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Sam
- Alondra Hidalgo as Adela
- Diego Cataño as Mechas
- Marco Pérez as Lobo
- Oscar Flores as Ramiro
- David Lorenzo as Ulises
Release
The first trailer was released in December 2015. STX Entertainment announced that month that it will release the film on March 4, 2016.[6]
References
- ^ "Desierto (2016)". Box Office Mojo. (Amazon.com). Retrieved 24 December 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "Jonas Cuaron's 'Desierto' Dazzles Morelia". Variety.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Toronto to open with 'Demolition'; world premieres for 'Trumbo', 'The Program'". ScreenDaily. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners" (PDF) (Press release). TIFF. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ Justin Chang, "Toronto Film Review: ‘Desierto’," Variety, September 17, 2015.
- ^ Patrick Hipes, "‘Desierto’ Trailer: Jonás Cuarón’s Thriller Take On The Migrant Experience," Deadline.com, December 23, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Desierto at IMDb
- Desierto at Box Office Mojo
- Desierto at Rotten Tomatoes
- Please use a more specific Metacritic template.
