Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)

A dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug war.

Director:

Issa López

Writer:

Issa López

Stars:

Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Nery Arredondo

25 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Paola Lara	...	Estrella
Juan Ramón López	...	El Shine
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nery Arredondo	...	Morro
Hanssel Casillas	...	Tucsi
Rodrigo Cortes	...	Pop
Ianis Guerrero	...	Caco
Tenoch Huerta	...	El Chino

Storyline

Estrella is 10 years old and has 3 wishes: The first one, that her missing mother comes back and it happens. Her mother returns but she is dead and follows Estrella everywhere. Petrified, Estrella tries to escape from her by joining a gang orphaned by violence. Soon she realizes that dead are never left behind and when you are in the middle of brutality and violence, wishes never come true the way you want them to be.

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Plot Keywords:

mexican horror | produced by director | title directed by female | title produced by female | writer director producer | 

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The plush tiger was handmade. Three of them were used in the making of the film. Director Issa López owns the original, a second was kept as a backup in case of damage, and a third was cut into pieces in order to be scanned for the visual effects process.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Fairy Tale Horror Movies (2020)

User Reviews

A movie that gets its claws into you and won't let go

In this dark fairytale written and directed by by Issa López, a gang of orphaned children battle to survive on the streets of Mexico amid the devastating backdrop of that country's drug wars. The kids are armed with three magical wishes to help them escape the clutches of the cartel that murdered their parents. This uncompromising movie sees López create a world that recalls the early films of Guillermo del Toro, imbued with her own gritty spin on magical realism to conjure a wholly unique experience. This is a movie with a real social conscience, López elicits solid performances from her young cast (who are all incredible). It's touching but unsentimental and quite often devastating (bad things happen to these kids), and is a movie that really gets its claws into you and refuses to let go.

Details

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

2 November 2017 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Tigers Are Not Afraid

Filming Locations:

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

MXN26,040,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$30,710, 25 August 2019

Gross USA:

$175,559

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$576,598

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmadora Nacional, Peligrosa

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1