Something terrible is happening in class 3A at Calmecatl Junior High. No one can leave the classroom until the guilty party is found. This is the device that gives us a glimpse of the ethics, games, esthetics and eroticism of these girl-women. It is not easy to say what the subject is, there are so many: the discovery of sexuality, discrimination, chance, drugs, maternity, traditions, betrayals, power, love. A mural of a complex reality from the point of view of twenty-something women in the skin of 14 to 15 year old girls.
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Search JustWatch for current options →If Perras hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, guilt, and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations and class and money. The feel is the same: tense, cold and detached, methodical, and escalating.
Both films sit with guilt, figuring out who you are, and shame. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations and class and money. Same energy: tense, dark comedy, methodical, and escalating.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations. Same energy: tense, cold and detached, escalating, and slow burn.
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, guilt, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations, family duty, and family wounds passed down. Same energy: tense, cold and detached, slow burn, and escalating.
The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, tense, dark comedy, slow burn, and escalating.
Both films sit with guilt and shame. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations and class and money. The feel is the same: tense, melancholic, slow burn, and methodical.
Both films sit with figuring out who you are. Both move the same way too, tense, cold and detached, escalating, and methodical.
Like Perras, this one is rooted in guilt, shame, and figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations, class and money, and family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: tense, cold and detached, slow burn, and escalating.
