Synopsis
The Mexican landscape fades away into ashes and dust, fragmented, defaced and scorched. Behind barbed wirefences, forests, rivers and mountains fall to the hands of private companies. Once transformed, the landscape becomes a separate universe, an incongruous and dangerous area where the new masters and their mercenaries terrorize people into silence. Like other farmers from across the country, Roberto de la Rosa now walks on pathways riddled with booby traps. In recent years, it’s in Mexico that the number of defenders of the land assassinated has been highest…
A word from Tënk
The White Guard is a shocking and deeply moving film that exposes industrialization at its darkest: forced displacements, massive pollution, and a web of corruption, collusion, and assassinations.
Driven by the themes of social injustice and citizen activism, Julien Élie offers, after meticulous research, a privileged glimpse into the struggles of these communities. The film is also a technical achievement: the cinematography is remarkable, and the original score creates an atmosphere that is both alarming and exceptional.
Maxime Boucher
Coordinator and Director of Programming
Festival Vues sur mer
