La Zona


1h 35m 2007

Brief Synopsis

A teenager living inside an isolated residential "Zone" guarded by private security finds himself protecting a boy accused of murder from his vigilante father and neighbors. Nevertheless, the boy is caught and lynched. In the end, the teenager leaves the safety of the Zone to ensure the boy is prop

Film Details

Also Known As
Zona, Zone, The
Genre
Crime
Drama
Foreign
Teens
Thriller
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Fidecine; Morena Films; Vaca Films Studio; Wild Bunch; Wild Bunch
Distribution Company
Alta Films; Arthaus (Norway); Bir Film; Frenetic Films; Gussi Films; Kino Swiat International; Memento Films; Miracle (Denmark); Nonstop Entertainment (Nse); Paradiso Entertainment; Primer Plano Film Group; Sacher Film; Seven Films; Thunderbird Releasing
Location
Mexico

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 35m

Synopsis

A teenager living inside an isolated residential "Zone" guarded by private security finds himself protecting a boy accused of murder from his vigilante father and neighbors. Nevertheless, the boy is caught and lynched. In the end, the teenager leaves the safety of the Zone to ensure the boy is properly buried, only to discover the devastating poverty that lies just beyond his walls, and vows to never return to the Zone.

Film Details

Also Known As
Zona, Zone, The
Genre
Crime
Drama
Foreign
Teens
Thriller
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Fidecine; Morena Films; Vaca Films Studio; Wild Bunch; Wild Bunch
Distribution Company
Alta Films; Arthaus (Norway); Bir Film; Frenetic Films; Gussi Films; Kino Swiat International; Memento Films; Miracle (Denmark); Nonstop Entertainment (Nse); Paradiso Entertainment; Primer Plano Film Group; Sacher Film; Seven Films; Thunderbird Releasing
Location
Mexico

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 35m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival.

Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

Winner of the Luigi De Laurentiis Lion of the Future at the 2007 Venice International Film Festival.

Released in United States 2007

Released in United States 2008

Released in United States October 2008

Released in United States September 2007

Released in United States September 2008

Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (New Directors) October 16-29, 2008.

Shown at London Film Festival (Cinema Europa) October 17-November 1, 2007.

Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 26-April 6, 2008.

Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 24-May 8, 2008.

Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Made in Spain) September 18-27, 2008.

Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Discovery) September 6-15, 2007.

Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Venice Days) August 29-September 8, 2007.

Released in United States 2007 (Shown at London Film Festival (Cinema Europa) October 17-November 1, 2007.)

Released in United States 2008 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 24-May 8, 2008.)

Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Venice Days) August 29-September 8, 2007.)

Released in United States September 2008 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Made in Spain) September 18-27, 2008. )

Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Discovery) September 6-15, 2007.)

Released in United States 2008 (Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 26-April 6, 2008.)

Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (New Directors) October 16-29, 2008.)