Sujo

Name: Sujo
Start: 2024-05-18
End: 2024-05-18
Location: AFS Cinema THEATER #2

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After a cartel gunman from a small Mexican town is murdered, Sujo, his beloved four-year-old son, is left an orphan and in danger. Sujo narrowly escapes death with the help of his aunt who raises him in the isolated countryside amidst hardship, poverty, and the constant peril associated with his identity. When he enters his teens a rebelliousness awakens in him, and like a rite of passage, he joins the local cartel. As a young man, Sujo attempts to make his life anew, away from the violence of his hometown. however, when his father’s legacy catches up with him, he will come face-to-face with what seems to be his destiny.

DIRECTOR(S)Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez

DIRECTOR(S) BIOGRAPHYAstrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez are Mexican writer-directors and producers. Through their collaboration for over 15 years, they have produced two feature length films, THE DARKEST DAYS OF US (2017) and IDENTIFYING FEATURES (2020) as well as three short films, OF THIS WORLD (2010), IN STILL WATERS (2011) and 400 BAGS(2014). IDENTIFYING FEATURES received awards in Sundance, San Sebastian, Zurich, Thessaloniki, and a Gotham Award for Best International Film. SUJO is their third feature film together.