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Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)

Tigers Are Not Afraid poster
Original title
Vuelven
Directed by
Issa López
Genre
horror film, ghost film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
14
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 291 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young girl in a Mexican city ravaged by cartel violence is given three chalk sticks by her missing mother, and she uses them to wish for something terrible to happen to her attackers. She finds herself leading a group of street children as they try to survive, and the dead begin to follow them.

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What happens

Tigers Are Not Afraid (Spanish: Vuelven, lit. 'They Return') is a 2017 Mexican fantasy crime horror film, with elements of magical realism, written and directed by Issa López. The film is produced by Marco Polo Constandse, under the banner of Filmadora Nacional, and Peligrosa. The film stars Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Ianis Guerrero, Rodrigo Cortes, Hanssel Casillas, Nery Arredondo, and Tenoch Huerta. The film has received critical acclaim. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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