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The National Museum of Mexican Art and the Chicago International Film Festival co-present a screening of Chicuarotes on Wednesday, September 25th at 6:30 pm. In this audacious crime drama from the celebrated Mexican actor-turned-director Gael García Bernal, lifelong friends Cagalera and Moloteco turn to violence and lawlessness to buy their way out of their hard-scrabble Mexico City neighborhood. Hoping to scrape together enough cash to join a union that holds the promise of steady work, the amateur criminals graduate from petty theft to hostage-taking. But their escapades land the teens in desperate circumstances, both darkly humorous and fraught with danger.
The screening is free and open to the public as part of the Chicago International Film Festival’s Community Cinema initiative. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
95 min.