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González: The False Prophet

2014 · 110 min

A grimy, slow-building descent into desperation and false salvation, watching a man sell his soul one sermon at a time.

Directed by
Christian Díaz Pardo
Genres
Drama, Adventure
Starring
Carlos Bardem, Harold Torres, Olga Segura-Gall
Overview
González lives in a dilapidated room in Mexico City, a lost soul in one of the world’s biggest metropolises. Desperate to be someone in life—and to pay off his debts—he embarks on a journey into the increasingly magnetic world of big-box Christianity. Religion seems to offer a quick path to becoming rich and soon González is willing to do anything in his power in order to make it happen. A thriller that evokes the gritty style of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, Gonzalez: The False Prophet is a suspenseful ride through the darker side of charismatic preachers and upstart religions that flourish on the hardearned money of desperate people in need of hope.

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Directed by
Christian Díaz Pardo
Genres
Drama, Adventure
Starring
Carlos Bardem, Harold Torres, Olga Segura-Gall
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • greed
  • ambition
  • corruption
  • morality
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, adventure
Directed by
Christian Díaz Pardo
Written by
Christian Díaz Pardo, Fernando del Razo
Starring
Carlos Bardem, Harold Torres, Olga Segura-Gall, Gaston Peterson
Music
Galo Durán
Cinematography
Juan Pablo Ramírez
Runtime
110 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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