Marcelo Tobar
Writer · b. 1977 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
A film graduate of the Vancouver Film School, he has written, directed, and produced seven feature films. Among them, *Oso Polar*—the first Latin American film shot entirely on iPhones—won the prestigious Best Film award at the 2017 Morelia International Film Festival, presented by a jury presided over by Béla Tarr. He has over ten years of experience as a screenwriter and director for Mexican series, directed the TV series *Amarres* (HBO Max, 2021) and two seasons of "ANA" (Prime Video/Pantaya, 2022).
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Movie7.6DramaComedySet amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.
Güeros
2014 · 165 votes
- MovieScience FictionAdventure
Follows Candelaria, a 18-year old who must survive a devastated country in a vaguely anachronistic 2040 where sinister military forces rule.
Movie6.8DramaHeriberto gives a lift to a school reunion to two friends (Flor and Trujillo). In the way, we find out that they were his worst bullies.