The Thin Yellow Line (2015)

Original title

La delgada línea amarilla

Directed by

Celso R. García

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

8.4 of 10 from 254 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Five men are hired to paint a yellow line down a long stretch of rural highway in Mexico. Over the course of the job they become a makeshift team, each carrying their own quiet struggles and hopes.

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What happens

The Thin Yellow Line (Spanish: La delgada línea amarilla) is a 2015 Mexican road comedy-drama film directed by Celso R. García. It was one of fourteen films shortlisted by Mexico to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to 600 Miles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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