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Heroic

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Luis, an Indigenous 18-year-old, enters the Heroic Military College in hopes of ensuring a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to turn him into a perfect soldier.

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Drew Gregory Autostraddle 01/31/2023
I have never seen an American military film with this level of political clarity and few with its artistic merit. Go to Full Review Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com 01/26/2023
A final breathtaking shot that establishes Zonana’s “Heroic” as the boldest swing against an institution that we’ve seen in quite some time. Go to Full Review Wendy Ide Screen International 01/22/2023
David Zonana’s stark and accomplished second feature shines a light on the normalisation of violence in Mexico, and on the cyclical nature which perpetuates it. Go to Full Review Raquel Loredo Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 10/03/2023
The film is revealed as an essay that warns about the dangerous instrumentalization and power of misunderstood masculinity, along with a society with fewer resources. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Juan Jose Cruz Cine Premiere 09/25/2023
3/5
Although it succeeds in reflecting a strong and chilling reality, Heroic becomes repetitive and leaves a feeling that it could have given more, much more. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Zachary Goldkind In Review Online 02/04/2023
Zonana has appropriated arthouse austerity into his compositional survey of this space wherein such violence seethes, but the director fails to cohere the institutional and the individual beyond expository pontification. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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David Zonana

Director

Santiago Sandoval

Actor

Fernando Cuautle

Actor

Esteban Caicedo

Actor

Mónica del Carmen

Actor

Carlos Gerardo García

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Movie Info

Synopsis Luis, an Indigenous 18-year-old, enters the Heroic Military College in hopes of ensuring a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to turn him into a perfect soldier.
Director
David Zonana
Producer
Michel Franco, David Zonana, Eréndira Núñez Larios
Screenwriter
David Zonana
Production Co
Film i Väst, Filmadora
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 28m