Mexico

U.S. Premiere

The 2010 box office hit of the year in Mexico. El Infierno’s director Luis Estrada has this to say about the bicentennial of his home country:  “Mexico 2010: Hell. Nothing to celebrate.”

This ghastly scenario of poor preying on poor is, like the film’s gray-green palette, profoundly depressing and entirely pitiless. At the same time, the family — frequently viewed through filmy glass or blood-spattered plastic — is sui generis, its dietary preferences repeatedly referred to as a ritual whose origins remain unexplained. - NyTimes

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