Los Lobos (film)

Los Lobos (transl. The Wolves is a 2019 Mexican family drama film directed by Samuel Kishi, and written by Kishi, Luis Briones, and Sofía Gómez-Córdova. It tells the story of Lucia (Martha Reyes Arias), who has just immigrated to Albuquerque, New Mexico with her sons Max (Maximiliano Nájar Márquez) and Leo (Leonardo Nájar Márquez), who are 8 and 5, respectively, who spend most of their time in their tiny apartment while their mother works.

Los Lobos
Poster
Directed bySamuel Kishi
Written bySamuel Kishi
Luis Briones
Sofía Gómez-Córdova
StarringMartha Reyes Arias
Maximiliano Nájar Márquez
Leonardo Nájar Márquez
Music byKenji Kishi
Release date
  • October 2019 (2019-10) (Busan)
CountryMexico
LanguagesSpanish
English

Los Lobos is Kishi's second film, which is semi-autobiographical and partially based upon Kishi's own memories.[1][2] The film premiered at the 24th Busan International Film Festival in October 2019 and went on to show at other festivals including the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] It was nominated for 13 Ariel Awards,[4] and won two: Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress for Cici Lau, and Best Original Score for Kenji Kishi.[5] On Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 12 reviews were positive.[6]

Awards and nominations

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
202163rd Ariel AwardsBest PictureNominated[4][5]
Best DirectorSamuel Kishi LeopoNominated
Best ActressMartha Reyes AriasNominated
Best Supporting ActressCici LauWon
Best New ActorLeonardo Nahim Nájar MárquezNominated
Maximiliano Nájar MárquezNominated
Best Original ScoreWon
Best Costume DesignNominated
Best Art DesignNominated
Best SoundNominated
Best EditingNominated
Best CinematographyNominated
Best Original ScreenplayNominated
27th Forqué AwardsBest Latin-American FilmNominated[7]
202236th Goya AwardsBest Ibero-American FilmPending[8]

References
  1. Aguilar, Carlos (July 31, 2020). "Los Lobos". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  2. Granada, Emiliano (January 20, 2020). "Watch First Trailer for Samuel Kishi Leopo's 'Los Lobos' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  3. "LOS LOBOS wins the Grand Prize of the Jury KPlus at the 2020 Berlinale". Claudia Tomassini. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. Vilchis, Andrés (September 25, 2021). "'Sin señas particulares' de Fernanda Valadez gana el premio Ariel a Mejor Película". Sopitas.com. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  5. "Lista de ganadores del Premio Ariel del cine mexicano". Chicago Tribune. September 27, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  6. "Los Lobos". Rotten Tomatoes. 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  7. Rebolledo, Matías G. (11 December 2021). "Lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Forqué 2021". La Razón.
  8. Silvestre, Juan (30 November 2021). "Premios Goya 2022: 'El buen patrón' y 'Maixabel' arrasan en las nominaciones". Fotogramas.
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