Los Olvidados

Teenage Jaibo returns to a Mexico City slum and reasserts control over a group of boys, including conflicted Pedro. Theft, revenge, hunger, unstable homes, and the limits of reform shape their lives beyond adult protection.

Roberto Cobo and Alfonso Mejía prevent Jaibo and Pedro from becoming sociological types. Dusty lots, crowded rooms, construction sites, food, animals, offscreen city noise, and a slow-motion dream give deprivation material and psychic forms.