This Is Not Berlin

Friday, August 9 - Tuesday, August 20, 2019

1986, Mexico City. Seventeen-year-old Carlos doesn’t fit in anywhere: not with his family, and not with his friends from school. But everything changes when he’s invited to a mythical nightclub where he discovers an underground scene he never knew existed – a post-punk paradise of sexual liberty and chemical abandon that challenges his relationship with his best friend and lets him find his true passion.


“A coolness factor off the charts… musically and otherwise seductive.” – Variety


Official selection: Sundance Film Festival; Tribeca Film Festival

  • Country Mexico
  • Language In Spanish with English subtitles.
  • Running Time 112 minutes
  • Distributor Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • Director Hari Sama
  • Writer Rodrigo Ordonez, Hari Sama, Max Zunino
  • Editor Ximena Cuevas, Rodrigo Rios, Hari Sama
  • Cinematographer Alfredo Altamirano
  • Cast Xabiana Ponce de Leon, Jose Antonio Toledano, Mauro Sanchez Navarro, Klaudia Garcia, Ximena Romo
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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