
Freedom Writers
2007


3 votes
After a year abroad, seventeen-year-old Alf returns to his Catholic boys' school, only to find that no longer relates to his mates, who are popular and athletic. He finds himself drawn to new classmate Oliver, but in an attempt to dispel rumours, Alf bonds with his old friends and ends up committing a crime to prove he still belongs.
Director
Alejandro AndradeWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Budget
$1.5M
Revenue
$5K
Production Companies

Teenage “Alf” (Andres Revo) has returned to his wealthy parent’s home in Mexico after a gap year in the USA, but he is unsettled. He yearns to go back, even though his lifelong friends welcome him enthusiastically. We start to get an idea as to what is bothering him when he encounters the younger ukulele player “Oliver” (Joaquín Emanuel) whom his friends rather disparagingly, if accurately, refer to as a gay stoner. He has a cousin “Diana” (Arianna Hermosillo) who takes quite a shine to “Alf”, but it’s becoming clear his interests lie elsewhere and that, in any case, one of his friends “Borja”…
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