Oxnard Film Society

Plaza Cinemas 14 - Oxnard, CA
2024  Mexico 2hr 6minutes
Drama  PG-13
In Spanish with English Subtitles

Mexico's Submission to the 2025 Academy Awards for Best International Film
After a cartel gunman from a small Mexican town is murdered, Sujo, his beloved four-year-old son, is left an orphan and in danger. Sujo narrowly escapes death with the help of his aunt who raises him in the isolated countryside amidst hardship, poverty, and the constant peril associated with his identity. When he enters his teens a rebelliousness awakens in him, and like a rite of passage, he joins the local cartel. As a young man, Sujo attempts to make his life anew, away from the violence of his hometown. However, when his father's legacy catches up with him, he will come face-to-face with what seems to be his destiny.
It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.