Tigers Are Not Afraid

Director: Issa LópezMexico 201784 minutesFSK 18 (unchecked)
Ostentor CinemaFri. 28.09.201820:30German premiere
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That is what it is about

Drugs and violence make Mexico a dangerous country where people are kidnapped for drug money. Indirect victims are the orphaned children of the murdered. One of them is Estrella, who tries to bring her mother back into the world of the living with one of three wishes. What she conjures up frightens the girl so much that she seeks shelter with other children. When a friend disappears, the rest set out to free him... Estrella still has two wishes left!

What you should know

This film is a screen wonder! Our assessment is also confirmed by Rotten Tomatoes with 100% recommendation and the 32 awards from 32 nominations. Issa López' work is masterful like PANS LABYRINTH, touching like BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD and magical like... yes, like... like TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID can only be. A bold, stirring and mesmerising film that will delight horror fans and cineastes alike. An exhilarating, emotional and utterly wondrous cinematic experience!
Original title: Vuelven
Rights holder: Peligrosa Films
Language: Original with English subtitles
Cast: Paola Lara, Hanssel Casillas, Rodrigo Cortes, Juan Ramón López
Film Festivals: Boston Underground Film Festival, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Imagine Film Festival, Ithaka Fantastic Film Festival, FANT Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Morbido Film Festival, Paris International Fantastic Film Festival, Screamfest

Direction

The name Issa López is still completely unknown in this country, whereas the Mexican is nothing less than a star in her own country. She has been showered with awards and is regularly responsible for box-office hits. In TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID she surprises and delights the whole world with her sensitive way of telling and directing a horror film. For Guillermo del Toro it is one of the three best films of the cinema year. Del Toro will produce one of her next films.
Tigers Are Not Afraid, Directress

Audience Award

Tigers Are Not Afraid was voted 2nd place (4.37 points) in the feature-length category by our audience at the HARD:LINE Festival 2018.

The evaluation was based on a five-point system (1 = Nope!, 5 = Yeah!).

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