An unexpectedly rich exploration of family bonds, blood rituals and the oftentimes zombie-like desire to assume the roles proscribed to each of us, played out with a sharp undertow of political allegory and darkly comic sensibility.
We Are What We Are
Young. Wild. Hungry.
2010 · 1h 30m · NOT RATED
Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Jorge Michel Grau
Overview
After the death of a patriarch, a family must try to continue on with a disturbing, ritualistic tradition.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
Unfolding in an impoverished neighborhood in Mexico City, this disturbing debut paints social decay with bold, elegant strokes and dizzying camera angles.
Grau's script is intelligent, and it has something to say about family and social dysfunction. You just might want to skip meat for a few days.
Like zombie auteur George Romero at his best, Grau locks his sights on his social commentary of choice and goes after it with the zeal of a 19-year-old cannibal girl sinking an ax into the skull of her next meal.
Grau effectively mixes wry, bloody, deadpan gags, family drama, and stomach-churning violence.
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