Chicuarotes

Cagalera and Moloteco are two teenagers from San Gregorio Atlapulco who are desperately trying to free themselves from the oppressive circumstances they live in. When they find out about a chance to buy a spot in the electricians’ guild –which has the potential of transforming their lives–, they go deep into Mexico City’s dark criminal world in an effort to buy their freedom.

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Credits

• Director Gael García Bernal
• Screenwriter Augusto Mendoza​
• Production company La Corriente del Golfo, Cinematográfica Amaranto
• In Co-production with Televisa and Pulse Films
• A film benefited from the EFICINE 189 Fiscal Stimulus
• Country Mexico
• Running time 95 minutes
• Year 2019
• Language Spanish
• Category Fiction
• Genre Dramedy

• Producers Marta Núñez Puerto, Gael García Bernal, Thomas Benski
• Director of Photography Juan Pablo Ramírez, A.M.C.
• Editor Sebastián Sepúlveda
• Original score Jacobo Lieberman, Leonardo Heiblum
• Ondes martenot Suzanne Farrin
• Production design Luisa Guala

• Sound design Alejandro de Icaza, Enrique Fernández Tanco
• Custome design Amanda Cárcamo
• Casting director Luis Rosales
• Music production / supervision Lynn Fainchtein
• Make up and hair Itzel Peña
• Post-production supervisor Andrés Martínez-Río