We Are What We Are

Theatrical Release Date: 2011 02 18 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 030306932798

Studio: IFC

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:null

Summary: Three teenagers are wary about holding up a rather disturbing family tradition in this unusual blend of horror, suspense, and family drama. Alfredo (Francisco Barreiro), Julian (Alan Ch?vez), and Sabina (Paulina Gaitan) live with their father (Humberto Y??ez) and mother (Carmen Beato) in a run-down section of Mexico City. When father dies unexpectedly during a visit to a shopping mall, it throws the family into chaos, but not just for the usual reasons. The family has an unusual custom in which father would capture a stranger and bring them home, after which the family would kill the stranger in an elaborate ritual and then eat their flesh. With father gone, mother insists that it's time the children stepped up and took over the rite, but Alfredo is too timid to find a proper victim, Julian is bold but too clumsy, and Sabina is thought to be poorly suited for what's always been a man's job. As the brothers try to learn to do things the way dad once did, a police detective (Jorge Z?rate) is trying to get to the bottom of a long string of disappearances in the area. The first feature film from writer and director Jorge Michel Grau, Somos Lo Que Hay (aka We Are What We Are) was also one of the final films for Alan Ch?vez, who played Julian; he died in September 2009 at the age of 18 when an argument with friends led to gunfire. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Horror

Awards: Film Presented – New York Film Festival

Features: Making of
Trailer

We Are What We Are

Format: DVD

Release Date: 07/26/2011

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 89 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) Spanish

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- We Are What We Are
1. Opening Credits [7:44]
2. It's a Gold Watch [8:52]
3. Let's Go to the Corner [7:36]
4. You're the Next One [7:45]
5. Not Affraid Of You [7:56]
6. Without Father [8:15]
7. The Dance Club [7:28]
8. May You Find God [7:42]
9. Hunting Me Down [5:54]
10. I'm Police [6:57]
11. Get to the Roof [7:35]
12. Ending Credits [5:22]

Cast and Crew: Henner Hofmann  Executive Producer 
Liliana Pardo  Executive Producer 
Jorge Michel Grau  Director 
Jorge Michel Grau  Screenwriter 
Nicolás Celis  Producer 
Enrico Chapela  Composer (Music Score) 
Francisco Barreiro  Actor 
Alan Chávez  Actor 
Paulina Gaitan  Actor 
Carmen Beato  Actor 
Jorge Zárate  Actor 
Eseban Soberanes  Actor 

Country: Mexico