Horse Wrangler

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2018 / 62min.

Rating6

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

Nando, a young horse wrangler in a rural Mexican village, has taken his own life following a disagreement with his father. Caballerango shows the boy’s family members and townspeople as they reckon with the new realities borne out of this inexplicable tragedy. Each account of Nando’s story reveals a different aspect of this rural town, which is deeply affected by modernization. The confrontation between the centuries-old ways of life and the modern-day world seems to be creating serious identity crises among the younger generation. The story is told in a patient, observational style with methodical shots of the landscape, ranches, and of the two white horses, whom Nando and his father tended to. Those horses, the last to see Nando alive, connect us to an ethereal sensation of almost otherworldly mystical beings.

Directors

Juan Pablo González

Actors

José Bolaños Becerra

María Isabel Espejo López

Verónica Bolaños Espejo

Fernanda Bolaños Espejo

José Bolaños Espejo

Jesús Bolaños Becerra

Cuca Bolaños Becerra

Humberto Rodríguez Serrano

José Rodríguez Ramírez

María Concepción Hernández

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