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Sujo

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After a cartel gunman from a small Mexican town is murdered, Sujo, his beloved four-year-old son, is left an orphan and in danger. Sujo narrowly escapes death with the help of his aunt who raises him in the isolated countryside amidst hardship, poverty, and the constant peril associated with his identity. When he enters his teens a rebelliousness awakens in him, and like a rite of passage, he joins the local cartel. As a young man, Sujo attempts to make his life anew, away from the violence of his hometown. However, when his father's legacy catches up with him, he will come face-to-face with what seems to be his destiny.
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A consistently gripping coming-of-age story, Sujo reaffirms Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez as two of the most exciting rising talents in Mexican cinema.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian A strongly intended and conceived film, but without the passion of the earlier work. Rated: 3/5 Dec 13, 2024 Full Review Sergio Burstein Los Angeles Times Avoids as much as possible empty romanticism, unnecessary aesthetic embellishments and, above all, absolute responses. [Full review in Spanish] Dec 11, 2024 Full Review Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com "Sujo" is an evocative film guided by magic and compassion. Rated: 3.5/4 Dec 6, 2024 Full Review Roger Salvans Fotogramas ...[Sujo is] a beautiful work that emerges from social squalor and an extreme violence that seems impossible to avoid...[Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Apr 30, 2025 Full Review Luis Martínez El Mundo (Spain) Directors Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero compose a fable as tender as it is violent. Rated: 4/5 Apr 28, 2025 Full Review Elsa Fernández-Santos El Pais (Spain) ...Valadez and Rondero find the imagery of a film that portrays, with stealth and understanding, the fate surrounding the children of organized crime. [Full review in Spanish] Apr 25, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Astrid Rondero

Director

Fernanda Valadez

Director

Juan Jesús Varela

Sujo

Yadira Pérez

Nemesia

Yadira Pérez

Actor

Alexis Varela

Jai

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Synopsis After a cartel gunman from a small Mexican town is murdered, Sujo, his beloved four-year-old son, is left an orphan and in danger. Sujo narrowly escapes death with the help of his aunt who raises him in the isolated countryside amidst hardship, poverty, and the constant peril associated with his identity. When he enters his teens a rebelliousness awakens in him, and like a rite of passage, he joins the local cartel. As a young man, Sujo attempts to make his life anew, away from the violence of his hometown. However, when his father's legacy catches up with him, he will come face-to-face with what seems to be his destiny.
Director
Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez
Producer
Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez, Diana Arcega, Jewerl Ross, Virginie Devesa, Jean-Baptiste Bailly-Maitre
Screenwriter
Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez
Production Co
Enaguas Cine
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
2h 6m
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