The Zone ( La Zona )

The Zone (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La Zona
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cartagena Film Festival
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Goya Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
91 min + 22 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Mexico ( Latin America, Mexico )

Directed By:
Rodrigo Plá

Written By:
Rodrigo Plá
Laura Santullo

Actors:
Daniel Giménez Cacho ..... Daniel
Maribel Verdú ..... Mariana
Alan Chávez ..... Miguel
Daniel Tovar ..... Alejandro
Carlos Bardem ..... Gerardo
Marina de Tavira ..... Andrea
Mario Zaragoza ..... Comandante Rigoberto
Andrés Montiel ..... Diego
Blanca Guerra ..... Lucía
Enrique Arreola ..... Oficial Iván
Gerardo Taracena ..... Mario

Synopsis:

At a time when the growing chasm between the rich and the poor appears to be slowly tearing Mexico - and many other Latin countries - apart, first time filmmaker Rodrigo Plá highlights just how isolationism breeds fear in many wealthy communities. Alejandro (Daniel Tovar) lives with his father Daniel (Daniel Giménez Cacho) and his mother Mariana Maribel Verdú) in an isolated community known as La Zona. La Zona is home to the most privileged citizens in Mexico, but with all of the gates and closed circuit cameras it feels more like a million dollar prison than a typical neighborhood. Eventually, a group of disadvantaged teenagers manage to break into La Zona. As the members of the community scramble to protect their families at any cost, one of the teenaged burglars, a frightened boy named Miguel (Alan Chávez), seeks cover in the basement of Alejandro's home as his friends scatter. Later, when Alejandro discovers the young fugitive, the privileged boy's growing empathy for the petty thief and murder suspect leads him to question the values imposed on him by his father as well as the many other isolationists who have taught him to fear his fellow countrymen.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 04 June, 2008.

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