The Cleaner
One ordinary citizen keeps his family out of poverty by cleaning up bloody crime scenes across Mexico City. This innovative feature, mixing documentary, surreal animations and a Mariachi chorus centres around Donovan Tavera and his struggle to continue his bloody work whilst keeping not only his wife and daughter together but also his mind. The film brings many of the haunting dead clients of Donovan back to cinematic life and thus denounces the terrible violence raging in Mexico. It thereby reveals the extraordinary balancing act between life and death needed to survive in modern Mexico.
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Philip Cox Director
First release October 21, 2020 · Produced in France, Mexico · Production Native Voice Films, CNC
Production
La Compagnie des Taxis-Brousse
Production
Native Voice Films
Production
CNC
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Creative Europe Media
Production
Procirep-Angoa
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France Télévisions
Production
France · Mexico
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Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
France · October 21, 2020
Premiere
France · January 1, 2021
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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