DIRECTOR: Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez
STARRING: Juan Jesús Varela, Yadira Perez, Sandra Lorenzano
RUNNING TIME: 2 hrs 7 minutes
LANGUAGE: Spanish
When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4 year old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father's destiny may be inescapable.
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Sujo marks the second feature from directors Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez after Identifying Features, which was the winner of the 2020 Sundance World Cinema Dramatic audience award and special jury award for best screenplay. Sujo had its worldwide debut in Sundance where it won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Drama. It has since played in San Sebastian’s Horizontes Latinos Film Festival. It is scheduled to be released in theatres on November 29th. Alpha Violet represents worldwide rights to Sujo.
The Mexican Film Academy announced Sujo as the winner on September 23rd. It beat out seven other films: Disappear Completely, I Don't Want to be Dust, Pedro Paramo, Human Resources, All the Silence, Bad Actor, and Valentina or the Serenity.
The film is produced by Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez, Diana Casarreal, Jewerl Keats Ross, Devesa, Jean-Baptiste Bailly-Maitre, and Nicolas Celis, with the help of Silent R Management, Pimienta Films, Corpulenta Producciones and EnAguas Cine.
Sujo is a drama.
To check out all previous submissions for Mexico, click HERE.
STARRING: Juan Jesús Varela, Yadira Perez, Sandra Lorenzano
RUNNING TIME: 2 hrs 7 minutes
LANGUAGE: Spanish
When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4 year old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father's destiny may be inescapable.
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Sujo marks the second feature from directors Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez after Identifying Features, which was the winner of the 2020 Sundance World Cinema Dramatic audience award and special jury award for best screenplay. Sujo had its worldwide debut in Sundance where it won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Drama. It has since played in San Sebastian’s Horizontes Latinos Film Festival. It is scheduled to be released in theatres on November 29th. Alpha Violet represents worldwide rights to Sujo.
The Mexican Film Academy announced Sujo as the winner on September 23rd. It beat out seven other films: Disappear Completely, I Don't Want to be Dust, Pedro Paramo, Human Resources, All the Silence, Bad Actor, and Valentina or the Serenity.
The film is produced by Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez, Diana Casarreal, Jewerl Keats Ross, Devesa, Jean-Baptiste Bailly-Maitre, and Nicolas Celis, with the help of Silent R Management, Pimienta Films, Corpulenta Producciones and EnAguas Cine.
Sujo is a drama.
To check out all previous submissions for Mexico, click HERE.
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