Heroic

• David Zonana
• 88 min
• Mexico, Sweden
• 2023
• Fiction

Young Luis enlists and steps into a sinkhole of violence and hazing in a razor-sharp and award-winning social portrayal from Mexico.
Luis enrolls at the Heroic Military College. The promised health insurance for his mother contributes to the decision. However, within the walls, a system built on humiliation and institutionalized violence awaits. Luis fares better than several of his comrades as his talent on the shooting range earns him special treatment from the officer Serra. Yet, winning the favor of this sadistic superior is not entirely positive. With an ominous soundtrack accompanying stunning visual compositions, Luis's journey towards the presumed disaster unfolds. David Zonana, who won the Ingmar Bergman Competition with Workforce at GFF-20, returns with a claustrophobic and gripping contemporary portrayal.

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• Våld
• Krig
• Drama
• Prisbelönt
• Social utsatthet