Northless

Andres reaches the Mexican border in order to cross into the United States. Between each attempt he has to wait in Tijuana and sees what a hard place the city is. As the waiting lengthens he is brought face to face both with what he left behind and with the people he meets there. The film does not build the crossing as an adventure; its real subject is the time of waiting and the temporary bonds formed in it. The account tells what a border is without ever showing one. A small shop, a few rooms and repeating days are the whole of the film’s setting. Harold Torres and Alicia Laguna appear in Rigoberto Perezcano’s ninety five minute Mexican film, completed in 2009.