I love this movie! I've check it out at the Festival of Tijuana, en el Jai Alai. It brings together so many various aspects and social levels of the city, and each and everyone of those in the movie are great people. The people in the movie seem to be talented actors. I was surprised when the actors came on stage and I realized that they were not. It was the first time they acted. The father was a real mechanic. The cop a real cop. The red light district dancer a real dancer. The rooster trainer real too. Everything is the real deal. And it all seems so naturally as if if it was actually happening. I mean a great piece of directing. When I spoke to the director after the screening, he gave all the credit to those in the film. Speaking to him I could sense real love and respect for his actors. Again best acting I have seen in a long time -- in a Mexican film, or an American film for that matter (for me they always perform to much over the top). So definitely not one of these Hollywood formula movie. But a true singular story that respect the people that have participated in the making of the movie, and in large, I believe the people watching the movie. The director Verrechia has done an important thing for the people in the film and for showing Tijuana its cultural richness as well as its poesy.
