50 (Or Two Whales Meet at the Beach)
(50 O dos ballenas se encuentran en la playa)
Jorge Cuchí | Drama, Fiction
2020 | 122 minutes | Mexico
Félix and Elisa, both 17, meet while playing the Blue Whale Game, fall in love, and decide to face the game’s final challenge together: Suicide.
Synopsis
Félix, a 17-year-old boy, receives an invitation on WhatsApp: do you want to play the Blue Whale Game? The one with the 50 challenges? The one where you have to kill yourself at the end? Félix accepts. That is how he meets Elisa.
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Main credits
Cuchí, Jorge (film director)
Cuchí, Jorge (screenwriter)
Valadez P., Verónica (film producer)
Coronado, Karla (actor)
Toledano, José Antonio (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, José Casillas; editing, Jorge Cuchí, Victor Gonzalez Fuentes; music, Giorgio Giampà.
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Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Economics + Social Class Issues
Family
Latin American Studies
Mental Health
North America
Sociology
Youth
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
Venice International Film Critic’s Week; PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival; Cairo International Film Festival; Toulouse Latin America Film Festival - Special Award from Cine+ En construcción
DIRECTOR: Jorge Cuchí
NATIONALITY: Mexico
YEAR: 2020
GENRE: Drama, Fiction
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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