Desierto

From the Visionary Filmmakers That Brought You GRAVITY

This week’s arthouse release is a tale of survival in the desert. What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante chases a group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous U.S.-Mexican border. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they continuously discover there’s nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer. In Spanish and English with English subtitles.

88 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Prejudice).
Drama, Thriller, On the art circuit

Showtimes

Playing hide and seek for keeps.

Credits

Cast	Gael Garcia Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo, Diego Caranño, Marco Pérez
Director	Jonás Cuarón
Screenplay	Jonás Cuarón, Mateo Garcia
Music	Woodkid
Cinematography	Damian Garcia
Editing	Jonás Cuarón
Sound formats
SA distributor	Ster-Kinekor
Made in	2015
Produced by	Esperanto Kino, Itaca Films, CG Cinéma

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Thriller
Language	Strong and frequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Strong and frequent
Prejudice	Moderate impact and frequent
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 16 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Spanning meesterlike geskep.	10
Cape Times Todd McCarthy Sharply-made thriller.	10
ScreenIt Jim Judy Although that works -- even if pales in comparison to the best entries in that genre -- it leaves so much on the table that could have turned what&rquot;s just an okay thriller into an excellent experience worthy of lots of post-viewing debate and discussion.	11
Metacritic.com 24 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 70 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Desierto&rquot;s thought-provoking themes and refreshing perspective are unfortunately offset by a predictable plot and thinly written characters.	12
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	10
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Simplistic but gripping thriller has violence vs. migrants.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 4 users	11
Rottentomatoes users 3409 users	13
Internet 2700 Netizens	12
Average .. 55%	11