I'm No Longer Here (2019)

At first i was sceptical, - just another coming of age flick - but from some "far away" place? I am happy to say i was totally wrong. And while speaking of happy: the music! I am hooked. I was so satisfied when the music, which is a central element of this film, turned out to be something uniquely different and not just some popular garbage. Anyways: this is not your run of the mill teen drama. The movie has it's own angle at a very complex and difficult reality, all sewn together by one strong belief - which is convincingly believable due to the protagonists age. And belief it may be, faith even, that makes this story so unique. And i am absolutely not a religious person. Fernando Frías is straight on the way to the Academy Awards if he continues this path. And i hope he digs up an even bigger diamond. Thank you!

Fmovies: Excellent movie about a group of youngsters in a poor neighbourhood in Mexico lose themselves in Cumbia music. They design a counter culture and even with little or no money they express themselves in a street style that would be looked on in awe by peers in cities around the world.

The movie tells the story of friendship and youth and when a tragedy occurs how quickly things can change for the worse. This movie show the similarities in youth culture where they are subjected to ridicule, aggression, ostracised but even with all that their street cool is a massive attraction. If you look at history the eidelweiss pirates who were into jazz and fought the hitler youth in Germany or the working class English kids from north of England who danced to soul music they all have links irrespective of the country or time period.

Using authentic kids in the casting brought a real life element to this movie and it was believable and interesting to follow the twists and turns of one kid trying to get by and keeps getting knocked down, however music was always there as an escapism for him. Highly recommended.

I mean, it doesn't have much dialogue, character development and such, but it's so beautiful to watch. The cumbia colombiana is really a thing in northern México, and I had no idea until I lived in Monterrey. This is really a very simple movie concept, but somehow it's really enjoyable. It appeals to nostalgia, teen years, anarchy, vandalism, dancing and fun. I'm kinda proud of our cultural richness, it's amazing how different a country is when you move across neighborhoods or states, and here it's mostly emphasized between countries. We can see a glance of the migrant life, the troubles of losing your identity, feeling lonely and having a language barrier. Every human being, including counterculture marginalized groups of people (like the one we see in the film), deserve a decent lifestyle. The violence in our country is really omnipresent, it shows itself in dark alleys in broad daylight.

I'm No Longer Here fmovies. Just happened to come across this on Netflix & what caught my eye was the dancing. As an independent filmmaker, I liked how this was put together. Good film!

I randomly found this on Netflix, and I'm so glad I pressed play. It does an excellent job of telling a personal story in a microcosm that engages in the larger story of displaced persons from Mexico into the U.S. seeking sanctuary. With an ethnographic approach to story telling, it's a beautiful film that I thoroughly enjoyed. Me encanta, Brava!!!

Loved this film. It is one of the first films in Netflix endless array of disposable clips. The actors are wonderful, naturals. It is mainly about their culture, their dance, and cut in flare ups of hard violence. You can see the Aztec influence in their dancing, in their look. Great film.