Fauna

Luisa (Luisa Pardo Úrias) is excited to introduce her family to her new boyfriend, Paco (Francisco Barreiro). The pair of actors meet up with Luisa's estranged brother Gabino (Lázaro Gabino Rodríguez) outside of their parents' house before they get home. From the get-go, Paco can't catch a break, particularly from the male members of Luisa's family. After a suitably awkward family dinner, the men find themselves at a local dive bar, where, at the insistence of Luisa's father, Paco acts out an improvised scene as his character from the television show NARCOS: MEXICO — the very role that actor Francisco Barreiro plays in real life. This deadpan meta moment sets the tone for the narrative shift yet to come. Working with his usual crew of actors, Mexican-Canadian director Nicolás Pereda (SUMMER OF GOLIATH) crafts a sly comedic critique of the proliferation of narcoculture in contemporary Mexico and the violence that has come along with it.