Genre: Horror
Director: Jorge Michel Grau
Starring: Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Paulina Gaitan
Duration: 90 min.
Summary:
A middle-aged man dies in the street, leaving his widow and three
children destitute. The devastated family is confronted not only with
his loss but with a terrible challenge - how to survive. For they are
cannibals. They have always existed on a diet of human flesh consumed in
bloody ritual ceremonies... and the victims have always been provided
by the father. Now that he is gone, who will hunt? Who will lead them?
How will they sate their horrific hunger?
We Are What We Are is the debut feature from writer and director Jorge Michel Grau. It was screened at the Director's Fortnight section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Set in Mexico City, the film follows a poor family who happen to be cannibals, after their father dies unexpectedly.
I don't have much to say about this one. It starts off promisingly with some stylish camerawork and good dramatic tension. Grau does display a talent for creating a creepy atmosphere, but ultimately is let down by unconvincing acting and a lack of character development. Oh and no cannibalism.
I don't have much to say about this one. It starts off promisingly with some stylish camerawork and good dramatic tension. Grau does display a talent for creating a creepy atmosphere, but ultimately is let down by unconvincing acting and a lack of character development. Oh and no cannibalism.
14 comments:
I was reading this and I actually did a double take at "For they are cannibals."
Shame it isn't anything better; it sounds like it's right up my alley!
Okay, so the cannibalism is weird, but it looks like a decent horror flick. I'm kind of intrigued.
No cannabilism in a movie about cannibals, no thanks.
sounds pretty lame., what's the point in having a film about cannibals that doesn't contain any cannibalism...
I won't be watching it.
Whoa, whoa whoa! Just because you don't see any flesh eating doesn't mean this won't be an interesting story! (The acting on the other hand...the uneaten one that is.)
Sounds like it has potential to be a really good story, so might still be worth checking out. But having them not actually do any cannibalizing seems to defeat the premise of the movie?
I may have been a bit harsh, we still see the aftermath of and the preparation of it.
You won't be missing out
Yeah Jack, lame is a good word for it.
The story does start off interesting, but that's about it.
Still sounds interesting though.
The cannibal part totally took me off guard! now i really wanna watch this
That's what got my attention at first too.
The trailer is quite convincing! Well, i de know someone who loves these kind of movies :)
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