Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.
Cinematography
Stunning black-and-white that makes Mexico City feel like a memory.
Direction
Ruizpalacios crafts controlled chaos with first-film swagger.
Writing
Dialogue that wanders brilliantly—philosophical slacker gold.
Director
Alonso Ruizpalacios
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tenoch Huerta filmed this before his Narcos fame and kept the beat-up VW Beetle as a souvenir.
The 1999 UNAM strike was real and lasted almost a year—Ruizpalacios was literally a student there, making this semi-autobiographical time travel.
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