The read
Audiences rate it 49 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,966 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Cagalera and Moloteco are two teenagers from San Gregorio Atlapulco who are desperate to get out and move up and away from oppressive circumstances. When they hear of an opportunity to buy a spot in the electrician’s union, which could transform their lives, they quickly devolve into the criminal, adult underworld of Mexico City in a bid to buy their freedom.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes18%
Audiences rate it 49 points higher than critics do.
253 audience votes
Key crew
- Gael García BernalDirector
- Augusto MendozaScreenplay
- Leonardo HeiblumOriginal Music Composer
- Jacobo LiebermanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Benny EmmanuelEl Cagalera
- Gabriel CarbajalEl Moloteco
- Leidi GutiérrezSugehili
- Dolores HerediaTonchi
- Enoc LeañoBaturro
- Daniel Giménez CachoChillamil
- Pedro JoaquínVíctor
- Alejandro de la RosaCarnicero
- Kaarlo Isaacs BarriaCarnicero' Son
- Ricardo AbarcaPlanchado
- Esmeralda OrtizGüily
- Luis Enrique BasurtoChurrizo
