Barrio Triste

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In an impoverished neighborhood of 1980s Medellín, a group of disaffected teens steals a TV reporter's camera to document their lives. Piercing the derelict landscape's oppressive atmosphere with disarming reflections on dreams and death, their understanding of reality and hope begins to erode as reports of mysterious lights falling from the sky coincide with temporal and spatial distortions.

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Zachary Lee

RogerEbert.com

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3/4

This is a film that understands that the truest picture of society comes from the eyes of those it neglects, courtesy of the outcasts who plunder airtime from the State itself.

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Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

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Here is a film that is at once self-consciously experimental and intensely, almost uncomfortably earnest. It really, really wants to tell us that the boys’ wild cries of defiance are also a cry for help — but that was clear from the start.

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Eli Friedberg

Slant Magazine

Jul 6

2.5/4

Barrio Triste relies on a mood of disaffected melancholy, if without a clear direction.

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Alejandro Lingenti

La Nación (Argentina)

Jun 25

3/5

Its visual inventiveness is evident, but the ability to transform it into a satisfying narrative experience is more debatable. [Full review in Spanish]

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

Jun 24

3/5

In his triple role as photographer, director, and screenwriter... Stillz demonstrates power and conviction, but the accumulation of so many layers...doesn't always result in an engaging and convincing narrative...[Full review in Spanish]

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Simon Foster

Screen-Space (Substack)

Nov 13

4.5/5

Working with producer Harmony Korinne, director Stillz has crafted a slice-of-hard-life chronicle that is both compellingly propulsive and heartbreakingly pointless.

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In an impoverished neighborhood of 1980s Medellín, a group of disaffected teens steals a TV reporter's camera to document their lives. Piercing the derelict landscape's oppressive atmosphere with disarming reflections on dreams and death, their understanding of reality and hope begins to erode as reports of mysterious lights falling from the sky coincide with temporal and spatial distortions.

Director: Matías Vásquez
Producer: James Clauer, Eric Kohn, Esteban Zuluaga
Screenwriter: Matías Vásquez
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: EDGLRD, WeOwntheCity
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 10, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 9, 2026
Runtime: 1h 24m