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The Similars is a 2015 Mexican supernatural thriller film written and directed by Isaac Ezban. It stars Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Fernando Becerril, Humberto Busto, Carmen Beato, Santiago Torres, and María Elena Olivares as people who are trapped by a hurricane at a bus station around the time of the Tlatelolco massacre in 1968. As the passengers wait for a bus to arrive, they are horrified to…
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Written and directed by Isaac Ezban, The Similars is a 2015 Mexican supernatural thriller, although the Spanish-speaking audience here on Steemit may know it as Los Parecidos. Set in 1968, and filmed in colour but with a very dark tone, The Similars takes place on the night of an enormous rainstorm, causing the inhabitants of a bus station to seek shelter there until the storm dies down. Focusing on character develo…More
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A film that starts with imagery of torrential rain falling from the sky upon an unseen scene sets the tone like nobody else’s business. We’re going to be in for a bleak, dramatic tale. It isn’t an ordinary rain, it is almost a flood. Dark, foreboding and lingering; there’s an obsession on water in the opening sequence of the film. The film has a grubby, retro feel about its pictures, and sets the scene well. 1968 is…More