Marcelo Tobar

Biography

A film graduate of the Vancouver Film School, he has written, directed, and produced seven feature films. Among them, *Oso Polar*—the first Latin American film shot entirely on iPhones—won the prestigious Best Film award at the 2017 Morelia International Film Festival, presented by a jury presided over by Béla Tarr. He has over ten years of experience as a screenwriter and director for Mexican se...

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Birthday: July 15, 1977

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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Heriberto gives a lift to a school reunion to two friends (Flor and Trujillo). In the way, we find out that they were his worst bullies.

Polar Bear

2017

6.8

Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.

Güeros

2014

7.6

Follows Candelaria, a 18-year old who must survive a devastated country in a vaguely anachronistic 2040 where sinister military forces rule.

Here Be Dragons

N/A

0.0

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