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God and the Devil's Cumbia

2022 · 100 min

A slow, oppressive drift through poverty and ambition where music and menace blur into one uneasy spell.

Directed by
Carlos Lenin
Genres
Drama
Overview
Celso, a dancer and accordion player among the Soldiers of the Virgin, dreams of being a musician despite a bleak future. Desperate, he sells his soul to a cumbia-loving hitman, the Devil. As long as Celso lives, he will be a musician, but his music will be born from horror. This deal grants him power but also fear of losing it, as he sings of pain and betrayal. The horror becomes his fate, while cumbia resonates in the neighbourhood, and God and the Devil dance with him.

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Directed by
Carlos Lenin
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • obsession
  • ambition
  • corruption
  • guilt
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Carlos Lenin
Written by
Carlos Lenin
Runtime
100 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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