La Zona is an intelligent thriller about what happens when a security-obsessed gated neighbourhood is penetrated by a trio of robbers from the surrounding shanty town. Tense and loaded with atmosphere it follows a community fed up with a corrupt police force and intent on taking the law into their own hands. Winner of a number of awards, it joins a growing number of thought-provoking films to come out of Mexico.
“A smart movie… exciting and often shocking…”
The Guardian
Rodrigo Plá / Mexico 2007 / 97 min /Spanish with subtitles / cert: 15
