Güeros

Güeros

Being young and not being revolutionary is an even biological contradiction.

2014•1h 51m•7.6/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.6/10(154)

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.

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Production

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Catatonia Films, Estudios Churubusco Azteca

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Sebastián Aguirre

Sebastián Aguirre

Tomás

Tenoch Huerta Mejía

Tenoch Huerta Mejía

Sombra

Leonardo Ortizgris

Leonardo Ortizgris

Santos

Ilse Salas

Ilse Salas

Ana

Raúl Briones

Raúl Briones

Furia

Sophie Alexander-Katz

Sophie Alexander-Katz

Young Mother

Laura Almela

Laura Almela

Isabel

Camila Lora

Aurora

Marcelo Tobar

Film Director

Alfonso Charpener

Epigmenio

Adrián Ladrón

Adrián Ladrón

Moco

Bernardo Velasco

Bernardo Velasco

Inciso B

Alonso Ruizpalacios

Alonso Ruizpalacios

Doctor

Yojath Okamoto

Yojath Okamoto

Pichón

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