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X500 (2016)

X500 poster
Original title
X Quinientos
Directed by
Juan Andrés Arango
Genre
drama film
Country
Colombia, Mexico, Canada
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three young adults in Canada, Colombia, and Mexico each try to adjust to a new and unfamiliar place to live. Their stories do not connect but share similar feelings of struggle.

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What happens

X500 (Spanish: X Quinientos) is a 2016 drama film directed by Juan Andrés Arango. An international co-production between Canada, Colombia and Mexico, the film premiered in the Contemporary World Cinema strand at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The film tells the thematically interrelated but dramatically separate stories of three young adults, one each in Canada, Colombia and Mexico, who are each struggling to adapt to a new and unfamiliar living situation. The film features dialogue in English, French, Spanish, Tagalog and Mazahua. The film stars Jembie Almazan as Maria, Bernardo Garnica Cruz as David and Jonathan Diaz Angulo as Alex. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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