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LOS LOBOS / THE WOLVES
ARIZONA PREMIERE
Saturday, April 4, 3:00pm
Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18
IN PERSON: DIRECTOR SAMUEL KISHI LEOPO
Drama
Mexico/United States, 2019, 1 hr 35min
Producers: Leticia Carrillo Silva, Inna Payán Stoupignan
Director: Samuel Kishi Leopo
Writers: Samuel Kishi Leopo, Luis Briones, Sofía Gómez-Córdova
Cinematographer: Octavio Arauz
Editors: Yordi Capó, Carlos Espinoza Benítez, Samuel Kishi Leopo
Cast: Martha Reyes Arias, Maximiliano Nájar Márquez, Leonardo Nájar Márquez, Cici Lau, Johnson T. Lau
In Spanish and Cantonese with English subtitles
“Eight-year-old Max and his younger brother Leo don't have much, but they have each other and their mother Lucía. And they share a dream as well: To visit Disneyland one day. The family has recently emigrated to the USA from Mexico, and while Lucía tries to finance their new life by doing odd jobs, the two brothers spend their days in their sparsely furnished one-room flat. The walls of the room, which they are forbidden to leave, become a projection screen for imaginative adventures and open a window on their new life. Director Samuel Kishi Leopo recalls aspects of his own childhood in Los Lobos and resituates them in a currently highly charged context – brutally honest and yet poetic, melancholic and full of hope.” —Berlin International Film Festival
Winner, Crystal Bear for Best Film, Generation Kplus, Berlin Film Festival, 2020
Winner, SIGNIS Award, Havana Film Festival 2019
Official Selection, Busan International Film Festival, South Korea, 2019
A core of authenticity sets Los Lobos apart from most other migrant stories. —Screen Daily
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