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Synopsis

Teenage Juan crashes his family's car into a telegraph pole on the outskirts of town, and then scours the streets searching for someone to help him fix it. His quest will bring him to Don Heber, an old paranoid mechanic whose only companion is Sica, his almost human boxer dog; to Lucía, a young mother who is convinced that her real place in life is as a lead singer in a punk band, and to "The One who Knows", a teenage mechanic obsessed with martial arts and Kung Fu philosophy. The absurd and bewildering worlds of these characters drag Juan into a one day journey in which he will come to accept what he was escaping from in the first place -- an event both as natural and inexplicable as a loved one's death.

3 Reasons To buy this film

Another great film from Mexico.
An award-winning indy.
With a little bit of nudity from Daniela Valentine.

Review

Juan (Diego Cataño) wanders from garage to garage in search of someone to fix the Nissan he crashed into a utility pole. The task seems Sisyphean, but he is unfazed as it keeps him from a distressed home in which his mother has locked herself in a bathroom, chain smoking and weeping. The eccentric cast of characters he meets on his way also carry crutches to distract themselves from their own personal plights. Like Juan’s mother, Lucia is a heavy smoker, tending an auto parts shop and blaring loud pop music as her infant child cries in a nearby crib. David, the shop’s mechanic, quotes Bruce Lee and practices kung fu moves while internalizing quarrels with his religious mother. Humorous at first, the film grows more tragic as we gradually discover the difficult situations these young characters face. In revealing their stories, writer/director Fernando Eimbcke makes effective use of sound and space, saying more about these internal dilemmas with long shots and stretches of silence than he ever could with copious dialogue.

-- John Vettese