Brilliant and touching

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Skip this one with no regrets. The simple boy-girl story and the acting could work if it were not for a fatal flaw. The Italian male lead is supposed to have resided in Mexico for a year. Yet, he does not speak a word of the local language. Would you believe this of a young, intelligent Italian photographer living and working in Mexico? I could not. Watching Irán Castillo and Lorenzo Balducci (as well as almost everyone else in the film) talking to each other in English just made no sense. This is probably due to the last minute casting of the Italian actor. I hope a better luck for first time director Erika Grediaga in her next movie. This one did not make it.