I finally think I have my motivation back. Having not reviewed two very good films in Tomboy (on Prime) and The Burial of Kojo (on Netflix), I’m kind of relying on momentum to get me through this review of a pretty harrowing experience.
Focusing on the American/Mexican humanitarian crisis, the golden dream looks at three young Guatemalans Juan, Sara and Samuel going from Guatemala through Mexico all the way up to the USA. Juan wants to be the tough kid with the plan, the leader as it were. Sara has to hide her gender for her own safety and Samuel is rather chilled out but gets by in Guatemala by savenging rubbish heaps. Early on they meet Chauk, a young Indian who can’t speak Spanish, but understands their quest as well as they do. We start off relatively calmly as the director Diego Quemada-Diaz establishes these characters and their relationships. Juan doesn’t trust Chauk and feels animosity towards him as he’s been building up a friendship with Sara. At this point we don’t know whether Chauk knows Sarah is a woman.
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