The 28th “Reel” Latin American Film Festival
The Wolves
(Los Lobos)Director: Samuel Kishi Leopo, Mexico, 2019
Length: 95 minutes
About the film:https://pragda.com/film/los-lobos/
Rating: NR ()
Showtime(s) and location(s):
Wednesday, October 6, 5:00 p.m., Floyd Theater
Wednesday, October 6, 7:30 p.m., Floyd Theater
Introduction: Christine Ehrick, Department of History
Virtual screening:
Watch this film between 10/16/2021 and 10/22/2021.
Credentials needed
on Friday, October 22 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom.
Following his success with We are Mari Pepa, director Samuel Kishi Leopo approaches a more personal topic in the moving autobiographical film.
With touches of The Florida Project, Los Lobos follows brothers Max and Leo who, together with their mother Lucía, have just crossed the border from Mexico into the United States in search of a better life. But it is not easy for them to gain a foothold in their new home country. While waiting for Lucia to return from work, the kids build an imaginary universe with their drawings and think about mom’s promise of “Disneyland”, their land of dreams.
Told with unmatched authenticity, including powerful documentary footage mixed with fiction and playful animation (reminiscent of the Puerto-Rican coming of age masterpiece We the Animals), Kishi Leopo’s film is unique and breathtaking. The film blossoms into a wondrous adventure story as the two brothers gather the courage to venture outside and explore the strange new world just outside their tiny apartment door.
Los Lobos is an absorbing coming-of-age story about migrant life through the prism of its most innocent figures.
Tras su éxito con We are Mari Pepa, el director Samuel Kishi Leopo aborda un tema más personal en la conmovedora película autobiográfica.
Con toques de The Florida Project, Los Lobos sigue a los hermanos Max y Leo que, junto a su madre Lucía, acaban de cruzar la frontera de México a Estados Unidos en busca de una vida mejor. Pero no es fácil para ellos afianzarse en su nuevo país de origen. Mientras esperan que Lucía regrese del trabajo, los niños construyen un universo imaginario con sus dibujos y piensan en la promesa de mamá de "Disneyland", su tierra de sueños.
Contada con una autenticidad inigualable, que incluye un poderoso documental mezclado con ficción y animación lúdica (que recuerda a la obra maestra puertorriqueña We the Animals), la película de Kishi Leopo es única e impresionante. La película se convierte en una maravillosa historia de aventuras mientras los dos hermanos reúnen el coraje para aventurarse afuera y explorar el extraño mundo nuevo justo afuera de la pequeña puerta de su apartamento.
Los Lobos es una apasionante historia sobre la madurez sobre la vida de los migrantes a través del prisma de sus figuras más inocentes.