Tejano (film)
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| Tejano | |
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| Directed by | David Blue Garcia |
| Written by | Kyle Bogart |
| Produced by | David Blue Garcia |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | David Blue Garcia |
| Edited by | Shiraz Jafri |
| Music by | Darren Morze |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
Tejano is a 2018 American thriller film directed by David Blue Garcia, starring Patrick Mackie, Roland Uribe, Mayra Leal, Adrian Gonzalez and Emma Perez-Trevino.
Cast
[edit]- Patrick Mackie as Javi
- Roland Uribe as Arturo
- Mayra Leal as Lorena
- Adrian Gonzalez as Adelio
- Emma Perez-Trevino as Gloria
- Glynn Praesel as Mr. Widmer
- Brian Bogart as Duke Widmer
- Judd Farris as Sunglasses
- Rafael Flores as César
- Daniel J. Castaneda as Salta
- Pedro García as Mexican Border Guard
- Efrain Valdez as Dr. Garcia
Release
[edit]The film premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival on 6 May 2018, where it won the Audience Award.[1]
Reception
[edit]Chris Salce of Film Threat gave the film a score of 9/10 and wrote that "Everything about this film had me interested from beginning to the very end."[2]
Cary Darling of the Houston Chronicle rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and called it an "entertaining blast of Texas noir that nods toward the work of the Coen brothers, Quentin Tarantino and fellow Austinite Greg Kwedar's 2016 low-budget thriller Transpecos as well as Breaking Bad."[3]
Joe Friar of The Victoria Advocate rated the film 3 stars out of 4 and called it a "riveting film that benefits from cinematographer-turned-director Garcia's keen eye."[4]
Danielle White of The Austin Chronicle rated the film 3 stars out of 5 wrote that it "offers some truly gorgeous scenes."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Watts, Elena Anita (3 April 2019). "VTXIFF: A chat with David Blue Garcia". The Victoria Advocate. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Salce, Chris (8 November 2018). "TEJANO". Film Threat. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Darling, Cary (1 February 2019). "Terrific 'Tejano' an indie-film debut worth cheering". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Friar, Joe (27 February 2019). "'Tejano' Review: Austin-based filmmaker David Blue Garcia's riveting thriller will screen at the Victoria Texas Independent Film Festival in April". The Victoria Advocate. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ White, Danielle (11 January 2019). "Tejano". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Tejano at IMDb
- Tejano at Rotten Tomatoes