50 (Or Two Whales Meet at the Beach)

(50 O dos ballenas se encuentran en la playa)
Jorge Cuchí | Drama

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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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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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

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adult

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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