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Daniel Garcia | ... | Ulises Sampiero (as Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño) |
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Xueming Angelina Chen | ... | Lin |
Sophia Metcalf | ... | Ice Agent | |
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Coral Puente | ... | Chaparra |
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Leo Zapata | ... | Isai |
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Adriana Arbelaes | ... | Gladys |
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Jonathan Espinoza | ... | Jeremy |
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Fanny Tovar | ... | Negra |
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Brandon Stanton | ... | Photographer |
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Yesica Silva | ... | Patricia (as Yesica Avigail Silvia Rios) |
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Deyanira Coronado | ... | La Prendida |
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Yahir Alday | ... | Sudadera |
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Leonardo Garza | ... | Pekesillo |
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Tania Alvarado | ... | Wendy |
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Christian Sanchez | ... | Joni |
In the mountains of Monterrey, Mexico, a small street gang named "Los Terkos" spend their days listening to slowed down cumbia music and attending dance parties, showing off their outfits, hairstyles and gang alliances. These different bands of disaffected youth refer to themselves as Kolombianos, combining the Cholo culture with Colombian music. Ulises Samperio (17), the leader of Los Terkos, tries to protect his friends from the nefarious elements of a quickly evolving drug/political war, but after a misunderstanding with a local cartel, he is forced to leave for Jackson Heights, Queens, a diverse immigrant community in New York City. Ulises tries to assimilate, but when he learns that his gang and the whole Kolombia culture is under threat, he questions his place in America and longs to return home. Written by PPW Films
I mean, it doesn't have much dialogue, character development and such, but it's so beautiful to watch. The cumbia colombiana is really a thing in northern México, and I had no idea until I lived in Monterrey. This is really a very simple movie concept, but somehow it's really enjoyable. It appeals to nostalgia, teen years, anarchy, vandalism, dancing and fun. I'm kinda proud of our cultural richness, it's amazing how different a country is when you move across neighborhoods or states, and here it's mostly emphasized between countries. We can see a glance of the migrant life, the troubles of losing your identity, feeling lonely and having a language barrier. Every human being, including counterculture marginalized groups of people (like the one we see in the film), deserve a decent lifestyle. The violence in our country is really omnipresent, it shows itself in dark alleys in broad daylight.