Los lobos
Die Wölfe
Maximiliano Nájar Márquez
Los lobos | Die Wölfe by Samuel Kishi Leopo
MEX 2019, Generation
© Octavio Arauz
Leonardo Nájar Márquez, Martha Reyes Arias, Maximiliano Nájar Márquez
Los lobos | Die Wölfe by Samuel Kishi Leopo
MEX 2019, Generation
© Octavio Arauz
Leonardo Nájar Márquez, Maximiliano Nájar Márquez
Los lobos | Die Wölfe by Samuel Kishi Leopo
MEX 2019, Generation
© Octavio Arauz
Film poster
Los lobos | Die Wölfe by Samuel Kishi Leopo
MEX 2019, Generation
Eight year old Max and his younger brother Leo don't have much, but they have each other and their mother Lucía. And they share a dream as well: To visit Disneyland one day. The family has recently emigrated to the USA from Mexico, and while Lucía tries to finance their new life by doing odd jobs, the two brothers spend their days in their sparsely furnished one-room flat. The walls of the room, which they are forbidden to leave, become a projection screen for imaginative adventures and open a window on their new life. Director Samuel Kishi Leopo recalls aspects of his own childhood in Los Lobos and resituates them in a currently highly charged context – brutally honest and yet poetic, melancholic and full of hope.
With
- Maximiliano Nájar Márquez (Max)
- Leonardo Nájar Márquez (Leo)
- Martha Reyes Arias (Lucía)
- Cici Lau (Mrs. Chan)
- Johnson T. Lau (Mr. Chan)
Crew
| Directors | Samuel Kishi Leopo |
| Screenplay | Samuel Kishi Leopo, Sofía Gómez Córdova, Luis Briones |
| Cinematography | Octavio Arauz |
| Editing | Yordi Capó, Carlos Espinoza Benítez, Samuel Kishi Leopo |
| Music | Kenji Kishi Leopo |
| Sound Design | Mario Martínez Cobos |
| Sound | Miguel Hernández Montero |
| Production Design | Hania Robledo Richards |
| Costumes | Nohemí González |
| Make-Up | Sheila Eden |
| Producer | Inna Payán |
| Executive Producer | Inna Payán |
| Co-Producers | Mónica Lozano, Samuel Kishi Leopo |
World sales
Produced by
Animal de Luz Films
Martha Reyes Arias
The actress taking pictures, eyed by the young guests.
Los lobos · Generation · Feb 24, 2020
Samuel Kishi Leopo, Martha Reyes Arias
The director and the leading actress.
Los lobos · Generation · Feb 24, 2020
Group photo
The film team with director Samuel Kishi Leopo (middle) and leading actress Martha Reyes Arias (second from right) howling like the wolves from the film's title at their Grand Prix of the International Jury in Generation Kplus for the Best Film.
Los lobos · Generation · Special Prize of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Film · Feb 29, 2020
Samuel Kishi Leopo
Born in Mexico in 1984, he studied audiovisual arts at the University of Guadalajara and has directed numerous short films which screened at festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, Cannes and Morelia. His debut feature film Somos Mari Pepa was presented at Generation in 2014.
Filmography
2006 Memoria viva; short documentary 2009 Luces negras; short film 2010 Acerca del drama de los calcetines; short film 2011 Mari Pepa; short film 2013 Somos Mari Pepa 2016 Juglares del Gol; documetary series 2019 Los lobos
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020