Devil's Freedom (2017) User Reviews

A Disturbing Reality

[Elijah_T · 10/10 · 29 April 2019]

A rather disturbing documentary on what goes on in the lives of people caught in the world of violent groups--gang members, federal police, and regular civilians. It consists entirely of interviews. Not a single graphic image is shown, and yet none are needed. The people who tell their stories do so without consideration or apology for how the audience may feel about a world they may or may not have ever known existed.

By time Devil's Freedom got to its second half, around 20% of the audience had walked out of the theater.

An emotional testimony from victims and delinquents in Mexican drug war.

[tjob-511-352118 · 10/10 · 20 November 2017]

This is the movie that has touched me the most. In perspective: the Titanic ain't got nothing on this documentary.

The documentary shows testimonials from victims and perpetrators in the Juàrez area in Mexico. An area where the horrors of unlawfulness are day-to-day issues.

Even though the 'talking heads' wear masks, you can almost smell the emotions from the screen. At some point I noticed that almost no one in my row in the cinema kept their eyes dry, including myself.

Without having a lot of background knowledge in the subject, you still understand that the current situation in Mexico is not how it should be. Sadly, like the filmmaker correctly pointed out in the Q&A session: "the biggest problem is impunity".