Luisa (Luisa Pardo Úrias) is excited to introduce her family to her new boyfriend, Paco (Francisco Barreiro), an actor just like she is. On their way to her parents' house, they meet up with Luisa's estranged brother, Gabino (Lázaro Gabino Rodríguez). 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 repair to 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 meta moment sets the tone for the narrative shift yet to come. After the drunken night out, Gabino and Luisa are catching up when Luisa asks about the book he is reading. As he describes the plot about a mysterious man who gets tangled up with a local drug kingpin, we see the scenes begin to play out on screen, with the core cast all taking on new roles in this story-within-the-story. 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. Official Selection, 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. DIR/SCR/PROD Nicolás Pereda. Mexico/Canada, 2020, color, 70 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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