Quemar las Naves (2007)
- Original title
- Quemar las naves
- Directed by
- Francisco Franco Alba
- Genre
- drama film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A teenager in a small Mexican town struggles with family loss and his own identity. He navigates difficult relationships and makes choices that push him toward independence.
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What happens
Burn the Bridges (Spanish: Quemar las naves) is a 2007 Mexican film directed by Francisco Franco Alba, from an original script co-written by Franco and actress Maria Reneé Prudencio. The film was shot in the Mexican state of Zacatecas and addresses issues such as self-assertion, loss, adolescence, and sexual relations. It officially premiered in October 2007 at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia. The title refers to a widely known Mexican saying, which means "to cut all ties holding someone to something or someone"—something Hernán Cortés is believed to have done when he and his men set foot for the first time in continental America, in order to avoid mutiny or desertion during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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