Dark Suns

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Dark Suns

2018

2h 34m

Documentary

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Mexico has transformed into a gigantic mass grave due to a climate of impunity established by both criminal gangs and state authorities.

Bianca Garner

Filmotomy

A very powerful documentary that tells a very important side to the story, and shows how deeply affected this country is by the drug cartel and corruption in the government.

Oct 4, 2024

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Carlos Bonfil

La Jornada

One of the most disturbing and best structured cartographies of the violence that Mexico has lived since the seventies. [Full Review in Spanish]

Oct 22, 2019

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Alfonso Flores-Durón y Martínez

En Filme

[Julien] Eli at times stops and fixes the camera in scenes that become postcards of evocative beauty. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Sep 30, 2019

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Rob Aldam

Backseat Mafia

By collecting these accounts together and giving them the space to breathe, Dark Suns builds up a disturbing profile of a country which is infested by corruption and greed.

Jun 7, 2019

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Musanna Ahmed

Film Inquiry

Dark Suns is utterly vital and haunting, chronicling a staggering history of crime and injustice that needs urgent attention from any higher-up with a conscience. It's often difficult to stomach, but these stories need to be told.

Jun 6, 2019

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Adrian Mack

Georgia Straight

Shot in luminous black-and-white and edited to perfection, this 154-minute Canadian production might be the definitive take on the subject.

May 6, 2019

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Audience Member

Un documental que logra unir diferentes partes de un rompecabezas pero que como tal, es parte de un todo, que es importante ver y analizar. Si quieres romper la burbuja de la realidad esta película es un golpe de frente contra ella.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

An extraordinary achievement. A truly important film on a subject both terrifying and horrifying. The enormous sweep of the evil perpetrated upon the innocent "Disappeared" fills the viewer with outrage, dread, and inevitable despair. I hope this film finds wider distribution.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Julien Elie

Director

Julien Elie

Screenwriter

Julien Elie

Producer

François Messier-Rheault

Cinematographer

Aube Foglia

Film Editing

Mimi Allard

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Synopsis

Mexico has transformed into a gigantic mass grave due to a climate of impunity established by both criminal gangs and state authorities.

Director: Julien Elie
Producer: Julien Elie
Screenwriter: Julien Elie
Production Co: Cineme Belmopan
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): May 5, 2021
Runtime: 2h 34m