Elisa Before the End of the World (1997)

Original title

Elisa antes del fin del mundo

Directed by

Juan Antonio de la Riva

Genre

drama film, children's film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-class family in Mexico City struggles with money and safety after the peso crisis. The story follows a young girl watching her parents cope with the economic fallout and rising crime in their neighborhood.

groundedmelancholicslow-pacedreflectivesomberrealisticintimateeveryday anxiety

What happens

Elisa Before the End of the World (Spanish: Elisa antes del fin del mundo) is a 1997 Mexican drama directed by Juan Antonio de la Riva and produced by Roberto Gómez Bolaños. Set during the aftermath of the Mexican peso crisis, the film depicts the impact of the economic recession caused by the peso devaluation on middle-class families, as well as the insecurity problems in Mexico City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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