Movie

Guie’dani’s Navel

2019 · 119 min

A quiet, observant drama that immerses you in a girl's uneasy search for belonging, with moments of warmth and tension.

Overview: Guie’dani, a Zapotec indigenous girl and her mother take up work with an upper-class family in Mexico City. The girl does not fit and is conflicting. Everything changes when she meets Claudia, a rebellious girl with whom she becomes close friends.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, class, isolation, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
class
isolation
coming-of-age
family
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild