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Monos

2019 · 103 min

A hypnotic, brutal descent into feral adolescence, all mist, gunfire and dread, that leaves you shaken and hollowed out.

Directed by
Alejandro Landes Echavarría
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Starring
Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Sofia Buenaventura
Tagline
Survival is a cruel game.
Overview
On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.

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Directed by
Alejandro Landes Echavarría
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Starring
Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Sofia Buenaventura
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • violence
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • power
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror5
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller, crime, war
Directed by
Alejandro Landes Echavarría
Written by
Alexis Dos Santos, Alejandro Landes Echavarría
Starring
Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Sofia Buenaventura, Karen Quintero, Julian Giraldo, Laura Castrillón, Deibi Rueda, Paul Cubides
Music
Mica Levi
Cinematography
Jasper Wolf
Runtime
103 min
Country
Argentina, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay
Languages
English, Spanish

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