Oscars: Mexico Submits Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner ‘Sujo’ To International Feature Race
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deadline.comSujo, which won the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema following its world premiere there earlier this year, has been selected to represent Mexico in the 2025 Oscar race for Best International Feature Film.
Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez’s drama centers on Sujo, the beloved son of a small-town cartel gunman who narrowly escapes death when his father is murdered.
His aunt takes him in and raises him in the isolated countryside amidst hardship, poverty and the constant peril associated with his identity.
When Sujo enters his teens a rebelliousness awakens in him and he joins the local cartel. As a young man (Juan Jesús Varela), he attempts to make his life anew, away from the violence of his hometown.
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