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Fernando Frías de la Parra Turns Up the Volume on Kolombiano Culture in I m No Longer Here
Fernando Frías de la Parra Turns Up the Volume on Kolombiano Culture in I m No Longer Here
The director carries the mantle for award-winning Mexican filmmaking with an intimate look at the music that bands Monterrey s youth together
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“Ya No Estoy Aquí (I’m No Longer Here),” the third feature from Mexican director Fernando Frías de la Parra, paints a stirringly cinematic portrait of cultural dislocation and youthful rebellion. It’s an epic drama built upon an authentic, documentary-style depiction of Monterrey, Mexico’s Kolombiano subculture, focused on a youth gang bonded together not by violence, but by music. For fellow Mexican director, Academy Award winner Guillermo del Toro, “it’s one of the most memorable debuts of the past couple decades.”