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

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)

Trailer

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