I’m Gonna Explode
Imagine Bonnie and Clyde as remade by Jean Luc Godard: Mexican director Gerardo Naranjo’s I’m Gonna Explode is a stylish hand-grenade of a film. It features two teenagers - Roman (Juan Pablo de Santiago) and Maru (Maria Deschamps) — who spend their days chafing against what they see as the dullness of their lives.
Sukhdev Sandhu, Telegraph.co.uk
Executive produced by Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal, Naranjo's second feature captures the danger, uncertainty, and overwhelming vitality of youth complicated by an inability to react to the world with anything but intense emotions. The love chronicled between Maru and Ramon is wild and unpredictable, and Naranjo's active hand-held camera, wielded by cinematographer Tobias Datum, mirrors even as it devours their virility.
Chris Cabin, Filmcritic.com
Duration: 106 min
Dialogue: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Age limit: K15
