Alex and Diego Barragán Discuss Crafting Genre-Bending ‘Jardines del Bosque,’ About Mexico’s Disappeared: ‘Far More Frightening Than Any Horror Story’

The Mexican film about three teens investigating their friend's disappearance is having its world premiere at the Raindance Film Festival

By Rafa Sales Ross

Rafa Sales Ross

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In “Jardines del Bosque,” brothers Diego and Alex Barragán drink from the fountain of classic coming-of-agers such as Rob Reiner’s “Stand by Me” and Sofia Coppola’s “The Virgin Suicides” with a touch of great horrors like George Sluizer’s “The Vanishing” to craft a genre-bending look at the normalization of violence in their home country of Mexico. Six years in the making, the film now has its world premiere at the Raindance Film Festival. 

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