BERLATIN Screenings: MOSTRO [OmeU] by Colectivo Colmena Mexico, 2021, R: José Pablo Escamilla, 74 min. Boccalino doro Award at Locarno, Honorific Mention at FIC Guadalajara,

Best Ibero-American Film at Málaga.

Poetic. Raw. Unforgettable. A Mexican joint by Colectivo Colmena.

A visionary debut from one of Mexicos most distinctive emerging voices, MOSTRO immerses us in the world of Lucas and Alexandra, two teenage factory workers who spend their afternoons escaping the harshness of their industrial city through chemical-fueled trips in a self-built shack.

Their ecstatic visions offer fleeting freedom, but when Alexandra disappears before his eyes, Lucas must navigate a corrupted system, and the hallucinations that once sustained him begin to decay, along with the monstrous forces that trap them. Produced by Colectivo Colmena, one of the most avant-garde and exciting collectives in contemporary Latin American cinema, MOSTRO combines poetic intensity with raw social realism.

José Pablo Escamilla, co-founder of the collective, brings a deeply personal vision to his filmmaking, portraying youth and urban life with an authenticity that immerses us in a visceral landscape of love, loss, and looming darkness, unforgettable in its intensity.

Screening in Spanish with English subtitles, the Berlin premiere of MOSTRO is part of our monthly BERLATIN program, which brings the best of Latin American cinema to the city.

The series is organized by LATIN QUARTER Film Distribution in partnership with Babylon.

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