The social power structures of Mexico are critiqued through class and race in writer-director Joaquin del Paso's incisive coming-of-age drama.
Postcard-perfect views paint a deceiving picture of peacefulness in the countryside around Los Pinos, a Catholic, male-only summer camp for the teenage sons of the conservative Mexican elite. Just beyond its gates, their instructors warn the boys, poverty and crime lurk. Taught to fear the humble local residents, they stay within the school limits.
When domineering professor Monteros asks about the only intangible force that can keep them safe from the danger approaching, his pupils turn to money as their savior. That’s not the spiritual answer he expected, but it may be the most honest one.Chilean filmmaker Francisca Alegria’s magical realist take infuses this cautionary environmental tale with hope.
While “The Hole in the Fence” initially seems to head toward the discovery of a culprit that will validate the fright instilled in the youths, a potent revelation, written between the lines, points to something even more insidious: the generational transfer of influence, status and outdated masculinity under the guise of religious righteousness by any means necessary.
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