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Film Review: The Highs and Lows of Mexico City Punk in "This Is Not Berlin"

By Benjamin Russell

Set against the 1986 World Cup, "This Is Not Berlin" is an energetic coming-of-age tale from Mexican director Hari Sama.

This article is adapted from AQ’s latest issue on China and Latin America

In the opening scene of Hari Sama’s This Is Not Berlin, 17-year-old Carlos (Xabiani Ponce de Leon) faints in the middle of a brawl with kids from a rival high school. When he comes to, he’s in the back seat of his friends’ getaway car, Judas Priest growling on the stereo. It’s clear Carlos doesn’t fit...

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