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(Release Info London, ICA Cinema,.Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, St. James's, London SW1Y 5AH, United Kingdom, Fri 13th Aug @ 18:40)
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"New Order"
In a 'Mexico City' of the near future, violent street protests continue to wreak havoc. But the residents of a glamorous walled estate in an elegant district barely notice. The lavish wedding reception of Marianne (Naian González Norvind) and her fiance Daniel (Diego Boneta) is in full swing; willfully ignoring the violent class protests raging outside their community’s heavily guarded perimeter. But it doesn’t take long for the chaos to spill into this seemingly impervious enclave of privilege, with shocking, bloody results. Bride-to-be Marianne impulsively leaves the party to aid a former employee, unwittingly setting in motion a series of events that will ensnare both her well-connected family members and their working-class servants. The city’s high society is in the middle of an intoxicating celebration when a former, faithful employee of the family unexpectedly turns up desperately begging Marianne for help. While the protests of the lower classes escalate and the military reacts with counter violence, Marianne finds herself caught between the two fronts. As things take their irreversible course, a new era begins for both the family and the city as a whole. At first, only splatters of green paint and the appearance of Rolando (Manuel Bueno), a former employee seeking emergency medical funds, intrude on the festivities. But soon the party is unable to keep the reckoning at bay, and what follows is a swift disintegration of law and order defined first by class lines, then by disastrous government recapitulation. Just beyond the walls of a heavily guarded home where a lavish upper-class wedding is underway, protests, chaos, and violence have seized the streets. The shocking outburst of class warfare soon bleeds into the party, setting into motion a brutal coup d’état, all seen through the eyes of the sympathetic young bride and the servants who work for, and against, her wealthy family.
Imagine 'The French Revolution' transposed on contemporary 'Mexico City'. The film drags us mercilessly into a dystopian maelstrom. The grippy thriller succinctly depicts what happens when the gap between rich and poor widens. Vividly immersing viewers in an imagined class uprising and it's even more terrifying aftermath, the film bears eerie parallels to real-life uprisings and government crackdowns across the globe. Unsparing in it's depiction of brutality and the corrosive effects of power, The film feels ripped from headlines that haven’t yet been written. Deploying a salvo of arresting images, "New Order" breathlessly traces the collapse of one political system as a more harrowing replacement springs up in it's wake. While protests rage in the streets, "New Order" is a deeply unsettling yet trenchant and thoughtfully crafted descent into a dystopian future that’s all the more terrifying because it feels so sickeningly real. The resul is a riveting and prescient drama that serves as a disquieting cautionary tale for a society marked by extreme class divisions, but it's only slightly off from reality. Social and economic disparity are currently becoming widespread and unsustainable. It's not the first time this country and the world have faced a similar scenario and corrupt governments have historically responded to all protest with dictatorial violence. "New Order" is a warning, if inequality is not addressed by civic means, and if all dissenting voices are silenced, chaos ensues.
