Desierto

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. 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.

Plot

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

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

In December 2015, STX Entertainment announced that it would release the film on 4 March 2016. The release date was subsequently pushed back to a later date in 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Desierto at IMDb
• Desierto at Box Office Mojo
• Desierto at Rotten Tomatoes
• Desierto at Metacritic

• Justin Chang, "Toronto Film Review: ‘Desierto’," Variety, September 17, 2015.
• Patrick Hipes, "‘Desierto’ Trailer: Jonás Cuarón’s Thriller Take On The Migrant Experience," Deadline.com, 23 December 2015.