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Jonás Cuarón is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and cinematographer. He is the son of filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón.
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Jonás Cuarón and Gael García Bernal on 'Desierto' The new Mexican film Desierto , stars Gael García Bernal as Moisés, part of a group of migrant workers attempting to cross the border into the United States. They are stalked by a sniper in a giant truck decked out with a faded Confederate flag and a vicious dog, who is determined to kill every last one of them. Desierto was written and directed by Jonás Cuarón, son of the Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuarón. It is Mexico's foreign language submission to the Oscars this year. Jonás Cuarón and Gael García Bernal sat down recently with KCRW's Madeleine Brand. The director said when he set out to make this film, he had no idea that the reaction to it would be heavily influenced by this year's election.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Desierto: A political horror film Hundreds of migrants die each year crossing the border between Mexico and the United States. Many die of exposure in the brutal desert heat, some drown in the Rio Grande. In a suspenseful new movie, the odds for one group of immigrants crossing the badlands are worse than normal… because they’re being hunted by an American armed with a rifle and a vicious dog. The story may be a bit-far fetched. But there’s something about the film that speaks to the desperation of the people trying to find a new life in the US - and the Americans who feel overwhelmed by immigrants coming across the border.
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