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Unwanted

2016 · 90 min

A tense, gritty and emotionally heavy journey that shows the brutal reality of crossing borders and the discrimination that follows.

Tagline
The American Dream became their nightmare
Overview
Enrique Guzman is a Coyote. The last twenty years he has smuggled immigrants from Mexico into the United States illegally crossing the Rio Bravo and walking one hundred miles in Texas territory. Enrique is fearless and willing to kill to protect his group. Some of them do not make it alive because they get killed or die of dehydration on the road. Once they make it to the city, they must deal with a culture shock and discrimination sometimes from their own race.They become UNWANTED.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • immigration
  • isolation
  • race
  • violence
Places
  • wilderness
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Directed by
Armando Suárez
Starring
Saul Padilla, Arcella Garcia, Maria Alexandra, Stephanie West, Ernesto Flores, Pablo Esparza
Runtime
90 min
Languages
English, Spanish

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