
Nando, a young horse wrangler in a rural Mexican village, has taken his own life following a disagreement with his father. Caballerango shows the boy’s family members and townspeople as they reckon with the new realities borne out of this inexplicable tragedy. Each account of Nando’s story reveals a different aspect of this rural town, which is deeply affected by modernization. The confrontation between the centuries-old ways of life and the modern-day world seems to be creating serious identity crises among the younger generation.
The story is told in a patient, observational style with methodical shots of the landscape, ranches, and of the two white horses, whom Nando and his father tended to. Those horses, the last to see Nando alive, connect us to an ethereal sensation of almost otherworldly mystical beings.
Credits
Director
Juan Pablo González
Production
Makena Buchanan / Sin Sitio Cine, Jamie Gonçalves / Sin Sitio Cine, Ilana Coleman / Sin Sitio Cine, Juan Pablo González for Sin Sitio Cine
Executive producer
Julio Peguero, Ana Isabel Fernández de Alba, Megan Gilbride
Cinematography
Jim Hickcox
Editing
Isidore Bethel, Ilana Coleman, Sebastián Salfate
IDFA history
2018
World Premiere
2018