Festival De Cine: Güeros [Gueros] with Q&A
Being young and not being revolutionary is an even biological contradiction.
Alonso Ruizpalacios
In-Person
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Nov 23
Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance. This screening is part of Sidewalk's Festival De Cine series, and will include an introduction and discussion after the film.
6:00 - This event will begin with a brief introduction from Micah McKay, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Spanish at The University of Alabama / Este evento comenzará con una breve introducción de parte de Micah McKay, Ph.D. Profesor asociado de español en la Universidad de Alabama
6:15 - Gueros Synopsis: Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra and Santos have been living in angst-ridden limbo. Education-less, motionless, purposeless, and unsure of what the strike will bring, they begin to look for strange ways to kill time. But their idiosyncratic routine is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Tomas, Sombra's kid brother. Unable to fit in amongst these older slackers, Tomas discovers that unsung Mexican folk-rock hero Epigmenio Cruz has been hospitalized somewhere in the city. Tomas convinces Sombra and Santos they must track him down in order to pay their final respects on his deathbed. But what they thought would be a simple trip to find their childhood idol soon becomes a voyage of self-discovery across Mexico City's invisible frontiers.
Güeros Sinopsis: Desde que estalló la huelga en la Universidad Nacional, Sombra y Santos viven en un limbo de angustia. Sin educación, sin movimiento, sin propósito e inseguros de lo que traerá la huelga, comienzan a buscar extrañas maneras de matar el tiempo. Pero su peculiar rutina se ve interrumpida por la inesperada llegada de Tomás, el hermano menor de Sombra. Incapaz de encajar entre estos holgazanes mayores, Tomás descubre que el héroe anónimo del folk-rock mexicano, Epigmenio Cruz, ha sido hospitalizado en algún lugar de la ciudad. Tomás convence a Sombra y Santos de que deben encontrarlo para presentarle sus últimos respetos en su lecho de muerte. Pero lo que pensaban que sería un simple viaje para encontrar a su ídolo de la infancia pronto se convierte en un viaje de autodescubrimiento a través de las fronteras invisibles de la Ciudad de México.
8:00 - Discussion led by Micah McKay, Ph.D. / Conversación dirigida por Micah McKay, Ph.D.