The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man

A Mexican boy bound for Chicago tries to cross the border, but is the crowded wagon he rides in going the right way? An offbeat, allegorical odyssey that blends absurd humor with pastoral imagery. A young man and a dead man journey north through a subtly surreal desert landscape, picking up a wagonful of odd characters as they go in this darkly humorous satire of contemporary Mexico. Written by TIFF LAFF

Director: Arturo Pons

Cast: Gael Sánchez Valle, Pedro Gamez, Agustín Tapia, Francisco Barrios, Alex Barceló, Eulalio Nava, Horacio García Rojas, Hansel Ramírez

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.