Desierto

Desierto is a 2015 Mexican thriller film co-written and directed by Jonás Cuarón. It was produced by Cuarón together with his father Alfonso and his uncle Carlos. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for Special Presentations.It was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.

Directed by : Jonás Cuarón
Produced by : 

• Alfonso Cuarón
• Carlos Cuarón
• Jonás Cuarón
• Alex Garcia
• Charles Gillibert

Written by :

• Jonás Cuarón
• Mateo Garcia

Cast : 

• Gael García Bernal
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Music by : Woodkid
Cinematography : Damian Garcia
Production company : Esperanto Filmoj
Distributed by : STX Entertainment
Release dates :

• 13 September 2015 (TIFF)
• 15 April 2016 (Mexico)
• 14 October 2016 (USA)

Running time : 94 minutes

Country : Mexico
Language :

• English
• Spanish

Synopsis

From Jonás Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón, the acclaimed filmmakers of Gravity, comes a unique, modern vision of terror. Desierto is a visceral, heart-pounding suspense-thriller packed with tension and suspense from start to finish, starring Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diariesand Y Tu Mamá También) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen).

What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante chases a group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous U.S.-Mexican border. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they continuously discover there’s nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.

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