Underplayed Gems

¿Cómo ves? (1986)

¿Cómo ves? poster
Original title
¿Cómo Ves?
Directed by
Paul Leduc
Genre
documentary film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary looks at the lives of poor young people in Mexico City neighborhoods. It shows their struggles with violence, drugs, and rock music under an unfair social system.

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What happens

¿Cómo ves? es una película documental mexicana de 1986 dirigida por Paul Leduc. Documental sobre los rostros, las dudas, las alegrías, los hechos brutales, la diversión distorsionada, el rock petrificado y la difícil educación sentimental del mundo de los jóvenes marginados de las vecindades de México, D. F., que habitan los cinturones de la miseria (participaron los colonos de la cooperativa Las Torres), oprimidos por un sistema social injusto y explotador en el que no encuentran otra salida más que la violencia, el rock y la droga. Al final del documental, aparece en los créditos y en minúsculas el comentario irónico: "esta película está dedicada al fondo monetario internacional" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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