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  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary 1986. Mexico City. Seventeen-year-old Carlos doesn't fit in anywhere: not in his family nor with the friends he has chosen in school. But everything changes when he is invited to a mythical nightclub where he discovers the underground nightlife scene: post punk, sexual liberty, and drugs that challenges the relationship with his best fri...

Directed By: Hari Sama

Written By: Alejandro Hosne, Rodrigo Ordoñez, Max Zunino, Hari Sama

  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 55 m

This Is Not Berlin

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary 1986. Mexico City. Seventeen-year-old Carlos doesn't fit in anywhere: not in his family nor with the friends he has chosen in school. But everything changes when he is invited to a mythical nightclub where he discovers the underground nightlife scene: post punk, sexual liberty, and drugs that challenges the relationship with his best fri...

Directed By: Hari Sama

Written By: Alejandro Hosne, Rodrigo Ordoñez, Max Zunino, Hari Sama

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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31% Mixed
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90
Jul 11, 2019
Hari Sama’s fourth feature as writer-director is something special, and one of the best of its particular subgenre.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 22, 2019
Somehow existing both inside and outside the moment, This Is Not Berlin is clear-eyed enough to see that rebellion has its joys as well as its limits, and that coming of age — which is to say, coming into one’s own — means learning to recognize the difference.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 11, 2019
Smart, good-looking and buzzing with edginess, Sama's fourth feature has been made with a love and care that's palpable in every frame, allowing us to forgive its occasional, inevitable brushes with cliche.
By Jonathan Holland FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 9, 2019
Sama owes much of the authenticity and visual panache of This Is Not Berlin to his cinematographer Alfredo Altamirano. The DP’s nervy, panoramic compositions heighten the precise production design of various multimedia art pieces and an assortment of impeccably choreographed street protests.
By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW
63
Aug 28, 2019
This Is Not Berlin is a relative rarity: a coming-of-age drama in which the student may have more maturity than the teachers.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 8, 2019
This Is Not Berlin so wants to evoke a time and a place that the backdrop engulfs the characters like a supernova.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
42
Aug 9, 2019
Similar to the cringeworthy performance art that wraps itself around the core of the film, This Is Not Berlin is emotionally hollow, more than a bit confused, and regrettably forgettable.
By Jonathan Christian FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Catatonia Cine, Con El Apoyo De, La Palma de Oro Films, Eficine, Grupo Mexicano de Cine, Cinemex
Release Date Aug 9, 2019
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating TV-MA
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Website http://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/this-is-not-berlin/
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Awards

Ariel Awards, Mexico
• 12 Nominations
Málaga Spanish Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
Merlinka festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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