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Esto no es Berlín

Play trailer Poster for Esto no es Berlín 2019,  1h 55m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 82% 49 Reviews Tomatometer 68% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
82% Tomatometer 49 Reviews 68% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
In 1986 Mexico City, a 17-year-old boy doesn't fit in anywhere, not in his family nor with the friends he has chosen in school. But everything changes when he is invited to a mythical nightclub, where he discovers the underground nightlife scene.
Esto no es Berlín

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Critics Consensus

This Is Not Berlin uses one young man's sexual and cultural awakening as the fuel for a personal story with widely resonant themes.

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Ty Burr Boston Globe Aug 29, 2019
2.5/4
The details are fresh and the lead actor holds the screen even as his character withholds himself, defining who he will be in his own time and on his own terms. Go to Full Review
Claudia Puig FilmWeek (LAist) Aug 26, 2019
Both edgy and sensitive... It doesn't go in the directions that you necessarily expect. Go to Full Review
Richard Brody The New Yorker Aug 26, 2019
Family tragedy, legal matters, and the World Cup all zip through the drama, which has a miniseries' worth of incidents that get dispatched in quick, merely informational scenes filmed with little style or imagination. Go to Full Review
Manuel Betancourt Out Magazine Sep 4, 2020
This is not Berlin, much like its title suggests, is a potent love letter to a Mexico at a crossroads. Go to Full Review
Dan Scully Cinema76 Mar 17, 2020
[An] edgy, challenging coming of age story. Go to Full Review
Catherine Springer Awards Watch Jan 25, 2020
2/4
I really wanted it to break my heart open, but it just left me wistful for what could have been. Go to Full Review
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Hari Sama

Director

Xabiani Ponce de León

Carlos

José Antonio Toledano

Gera

Mauro Sanchez Navarro

Nico

Klaudia Garcia

Maud

Ximena Romo

Rita

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Movie Info

Synopsis In 1986 Mexico City, a 17-year-old boy doesn't fit in anywhere, not in his family nor with the friends he has chosen in school. But everything changes when he is invited to a mythical nightclub, where he discovers the underground nightlife scene.
Director
Hari Sama
Screenwriter
Rodrigo Ordoñez, Hari Sama, Max Zunino
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co
Catatonia Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 23, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 5, 2019
Runtime
1h 55m
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