Jimena Guerra in “Santos Peregrinos” [2004, Mexico]

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I don’t know much about Juan Carlos Carrasco but his debut feature, “Santos Peregrinos” [Eng. Title: Holy Pilgrims] is a predictable albeit black comedy about greed.

Set in a block of tenements in Mexico city, it shows a group of hitherto pious neighbours turn against one another when they discover their holy relic has treasure hidden in them. It begins promisingly but fails to deliver mainly due to poor screenplay. The direction is also to blame for not bringing out the best from the cast. Either because of the DVD quality or poor shot selection and lighting, the cinematography is pedestrian at best. The story is too predictable to hold viewer interest – you won’t miss a lot if you left the film running to make yourself a cuppa. There are however a couple of nude scenes worth mentioning – the only purpose for my purchase, and this post. There are a few more barmy Mexican films that I haven’t even opened yet – the sheer amount of work cleaning and enhancing for the compilation keeps putting me off – but keep an eye out, as you never know..!.


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