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Una jauría llamada Ernesto
directed by Everardo González
Mexico | 2023 | 81min
In Mexico, 350 000 people have been killed over the last 15 years by armed perpetrators, 30,000 of which were under 18. A WOLFPACK CALLED ERNESTO is a travel exploration to the bowels of the most fragile link on the chain: kids. The film follows the paths of the youths collectively named “Ernesto” - victims as well as sicarios - who in a certain moment of their lives had access to a gun, used it to kill, and soon became a part of the many pieces of a crime organization.
When I began "A Wolfpack Called Ernesto", I was drawn to the fragile boundary between childhood imagination and social reality. Through the story of a group of boys who invent their own codes, territories, and hierarchies, I wanted to observe how identity is shaped in the absence of stable structures. Their “wolfpack” becomes both refuge and battlefield, a space where loyalty and violence coexist. The film ultimately suggests that masculinity is learned early, often through silence and imitation. By staying close to their gestures and rituals, I hoped to reveal how tenderness and brutality grow side by side, and how belonging can be both protective and destructive.