Set within the gated communities of Mexico La Zona follows three young men from the wrong side of the fence who manage to break into 'The Zone'. After an attempted burglary goes badly wrong the boys flee for their lives however one gets left behind and hides. The members of La Zona decide to brandish their own form of justice and a group of vigilantes is despatched to 'take care' of the intruder. What follows is a dramatic cat-and-mouse game that incorporates family tensions and an impotent police force and poses the question: 'How far would you go to protect your... home?' Rodrigo Pla's stunning debut is both exciting and thought provoking starring Maribel Verd'' (Y tu mam'' tambi''n Pan's Labyrinth) it signals a fresh new voice in the continuing explosion of Latin American cinema and promises to keep you on the edge of your seat with its white knuckle thrills. [show more]
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Rodrigo Pla directs this social drama set in a privileged gated community in central Mexico City. La Zona, despite its affluence, is surrounded by miles of slums where people live in abject poverty. One night, three men from the slums break into the compound and, in the bungled robbery that follows, an old woman is killed. Her housemaid alerts the security guards, who kill two of the men; the third, a sixteen-year-old boy named Miguel (Maribel Verdu), manages to escape and hides out in the basement of an apartment belonging to the family of teenager Alejandro (Daniel Tovar). Alejandro, who has hitherto been primarily preoccupied with planning his birthday party, forms an uneasy alliance with Miguel - causing both boys to question the value systems on which their lives are based.
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