No, it's mexico! We follow two friends around town, as they get in and out of trouble. From boredom, loss of important adult relatives, and opportunity, the high school students find sex, drugs, and rock and roll at a nightclub in town. Carlos finds inspiration and good communication with his uncle esteban (hari sama, who also directed this one), but when tragedy strikes the family, both carlos and his school buddy gera spiral out of control. Carlos' mom seems to be quite ill with something, but sleeps most of the time. Good stories on teen angst, survival, coming of age, and even coming out. I liked this one, and hope to see more of sama's films; this was mostly fun to watch. The description says it takes place in the 1980s, but the only obvious references are when someone says "people are dying", and the protests, apparently a reference to the hiv/aids epidemic. Sama had already been producing and directing for 25 years by now. And has won several awards at the film fests.

Great acting, fabolous atmosphere, astounding soundtrack and a nicely told story. a coming of age film that also ends up giving a perfect lgbt message.

I was not impressed. The story (a sensitive and impressionable teen is lured into the wild, drugs-infused and sexually uninhibited party-circuit of Mexico City somwhere in the 80's) obviously intends to be something of a coming-of-age thing, but in fact there was nothing much of an emotional Werdegang or evolution to be seen. Carlos is (mis)guided by a sleazy guy who is smitten with him, he experiments with gay sex (as well as with drugs and political protests), and then suddenly finds out that he prefers straight sex and steps out. The end.

The retro-setting is convincingly done, there's an evident Patti Smith and Andy Warhol feel to all the club-scenes, so thumbs up for that. But visually the movie is very tiresome, with flashy and often grainy images, while the music consists of sudden and extremely loud bursts of underground-sounds, which is probably in style, but it doesn't help to make the movie more enjoyable. Neither does the acting, which is really below par. Especially Xabiani Ponce de León as main character Carlo is, in spite of his angelic looks, totally uncharismatic, he behaves like a pretty but unsympathetic wooden doll, and as a result you couldn't care less what happens to him.