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Directed by
  
Cinematography
  
Damian Garcia

Director
  
Budget
  
3 million USD

5.9/10
IMDb


Music by
  
Woodkid

Initial release
  
25 March 2016 (Latvia)

Box office
  
4.2 million USD

Languages
  
Spanish, English

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Produced by
  
Alfonso CuarónCarlos CuarónJonás CuarónAlex GarciaCharles Gillibert

Written by
  
Jonás CuarónMateo Garcia

Starring
  
Gael García BernalJeffrey Dean MorganAlondra HidalgoDiego Cataño

Cast
  


Similar
  
Babel (film), Colonia (film), Heist (2015 film)

Profiles

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Desierto is a 2015 Mexican thriller film co-written and directed by Jonás Cuarón. It was produced by Cuarón together with his father Alfonso and his uncle Carlos. The film stars Gael García Bernal (also executive producer) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for Special Presentations, and was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.

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Plot

What begins as a hopeful journey by Mexican migrant workers looking to seek a better life by crossing the US border illegally, quickly becomes a fight for survival, when the unarmed men and women are chased across the desert terrain by Sam, a merciless rifle-toting vigilante and his faithful, but equally vicious Malinois, Tracker.

Cast

  • Gael García Bernal as Moises
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Sam
  • Alondra Hidalgo as Adela
  • Diego Cataño as Mechas
  • Marco Pérez as Lobo
  • Oscar Flores as Ramiro
  • David Lorenzo as Ulises
  • Butch McCain as Radio Talker
  • Release

    The film was first released at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015. In December 2015, STX Entertainment announced that it would release the film in North American theaters the following March. The film was released in France and Mexico in April 2016 and had grossed $2.8 million as of 15 May 2016. The North American release was delayed until 14 October 2016.

    Critical response

    On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 60%, based on 66 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The site's consensus reads "Desierto's thought-provoking themes and refreshing perspective are unfortunately offset by a predictable plot and thinly written characters." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 51 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

    Dave Robinson of outlet Crash Landed reviewed the home entertainment release of Desierto awarding it 3 stars, taking note of its technical acumen in providing a thriller, but its "ill-defined script accomplishing nothing beyond passive entertainment" and of special note its complete lack of special features.

    References

    Desierto Wikipedia