Heroic
“There are no rights here, not even humans.”
Luis, an 18-year-old Mexican boy with indigenous roots, enters the Heroico Military College with the hope of securing a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to make him a perfect soldier.
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Cast
13 people
Santiago Sandoval
Luis Núñez Rosales
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No Birthdays or Baptisms
Fernando Cuautle
Eugenio Sierra "Pibe"
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The Secret of the River
New Order
Mónica del Carmen
Yanin
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Leap Year
Bandidos
Esteban Caicedo
Mario
Known for
A Cop Movie
La Cocina
Isabel Yudice
Andrea
Known for
Bandidos
Carlos Gerardo García
Ratón
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Germán Carrizales
Herrera
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Salvador Rico
Uribe
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Ricardo Tadeo
Arturo
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Ari Axel Hernández
Carrasco
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David Deleo
López
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Norma Pablo
Madre de Mario
Known for
Man on Fire
Impossible Things
David Zonana Director · Murcof Composer Carolina Costa Cinematographer
United States release January 20, 2023 · Produced in Mexico, Sweden · Production Common Ground Pictures, TEOREMA
Production
Film i Väst
Production
Common Ground Pictures
Production
TEOREMA
Production
Filmadora
Production
CTT Exp & Rentals
Production
Mexico · Sweden
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Languages
Original title
Heroico
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
United States · January 20, 2023
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
Mexico · September 21, 2023
Theatrical
France
May 22, 2024 · Theatrical
Germany
February 20, 2023 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Indonesia
November 13, 2023 · Premiere · Jakarta World Cinema Week
South Korea
July 2, 2023 · Premiere · Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Spain
November 24, 2023 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 21, 2023 · Theatrical
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