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Desierto
2015
· Movie
· 88 min
D
MEANRANK
57/100
Every rating
46–64
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 46, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 64.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A group of migrants attempting to cross the border from Mexico into the United States find themselves stranded in the vast, scorching desert. Their journey becomes a brutal fight for survival when they are hunted by a lone, ruthless vigilante who patrols the area with his vicious dog, viewing the migrants as prey to be eliminated.
Details
- Director
- Jonás Cuarón
- Writers
- Jonás Cuarón, Mateo García Elizondo
- Studio
- Itaca Films, Esperanto Kino, CG Cinéma, Orange Studio
- Released
- 12 April 2015
- Country
- Mexico, France, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $4.9M
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