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Highway Patrolman

6.7

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Original title

El patrullero (Highway Patrolman)

Year

1991

Running time

100 min.

Country

Mexico

Director

Alex Cox

Screenwriter

Lorenzo O'Brien

Cast

Music

Zander Schloss

Cinematography

Miguel Garzón

Producer

Co-production Mexico-United States-Japan;

Ultra, Together Brothers Productions, Cable Hogue Co, Marubeni

Genre

Drama | Cop Movies

Synopsis

An episodic look at a young man's life in Mexico's national highway patrol. We follow Pedro Rojas from cadet training and his rookie assignment in a northern border area, to his quick courtship, his taking of bribes ("la mordida"), and his slow exposure to drug smuggling. Rojas re-forms his idealism as youthful naivete gives way to an adult's complicated choices.

Awards: 1992: San Sebastián Film Festival: Best Actor (Roberto Sosa)

1991: Ariel Awards: 2 Nominations

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Critics' reviews

"Highway Patrolman is maverick director Alex Cox's finest film to date and represents his best work since his terrific debut feature, the funky, surreal 1984 Repo Man".

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times
"Like a Bresson fim with a rock & roll pulse."

LA Weekly

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Highway Patrolman

1991

Alex Cox

6.7

(183)