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Summary 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.
- 2 h 6 m
- 2 h 6 m
Sujo
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Summary 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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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
80
100% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Mixed
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A work of tremendous lyrical potency, even more intricate in meaning and scope than the pair’s earlier stunner, Sujo thunderously demonstrates why Valdez and Rondero stand among those soon to be regarded as the new masters of Mexican cinema.
[A] tender, harrowing and beautifully modulated coming-of-age drama.
This is a satisfying and impressively acted drama.
Sujo may not be a movie with which everyone will connect or find a wealth of relatable aspects, but the quality on display is enough to warrant a view.
Valadez and Rondero again mix grit and lyricism, this time to trace the coming of age of a boy growing up in a climate of lurking cartel violence. The new feature doesn’t match its predecessor’s distinctive spell or cumulative power, but its undertow of menace is expertly sustained, and its dread buffered by hope.
Befitting the unseen forces that seem to drive the characters, writer-directors Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero bring a haunted, dreamlike undercurrent to the film similar to sequences from their prior collaboration, Identifying Features.
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Production Company
EnAguas Cine,
Corpulenta Producciones,
Alpha Violet Production,
Silent R Management
Duration 2 h 6 m
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Awards
Toulouse Latin America Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Latinità Festival du Cinéma Espagnol et Latino-Américain
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sofia International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations