Short synopsis : David Zonana follows the award-winning Workforce with HEROIC, a chilling and incisive social drama feature that reveals the systemic violence rife in contemporary Mexico

Long synopsis : Luis, an 18-year-old boy with Indigenous roots, enters the Heroic Military College in hopes of ensuring a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to turn him into a perfect soldier.

Cast

• Santiago Sandoval Carbajal, Fernando Cuautle, Esteban Caicedo, Ricardo Tadeo, Monica Del Carmen, Isabel Yudjce

Crew

• Producer(s): Michel Franco, David Zonana, Eréndira Núñez Larios
• Director(s): David Zonana
• Screenplay: David Zonana
• DP: Carolina Costa
• Editing: Oscar Figueroa Jara, David Zonana
• Costume Designer: Gabriela Fernández
• Sound Editor: Raúl Locatelli
• VFX Supervisor: Raúl Luna

• Original Title: Heroico
• Genre(s): Drama, Social Issues


• Production company: Teorema, Filmadora, Common Ground Pictures, Film I Väst