Tigers Are Not Afraid: Narco Ghosts told from the kids point of view | CinemaJam Ep. 101

Five kids, a stolen phone, and a cartel poster hunting them down. The ghosts are the least of their worries.We continue our series Fear Speaks Spanish with Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven, 2017), written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Issa López. Estrella loses her mother to the narco war and joins a street gang of children led by El Shine, who stole the wrong phone from the wrong people. Armed with three wishes, a trail of blood guiding her, and a tiger painted on the walls, the film blends dark fairy tale with urban horror, with Guillermo del Toro serving as its great fairy godfather.Sebastián chose it for its 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and for something more personal: as Colombians who grew up in the '80s and '90s, the violence chasing these children is not fiction. We discuss why social realism works better than the supernatural, why the jump scares telegraph themselves, the natural performances of Paola Lara and Juan Ramón López (with echoes of Rodrigo D: No futuro), Tenoch Huerta before he was Namor, and the inevitable comparisons to Pan's Labyrinth and La Llorona. In spoilers: the children's deaths, the final meadow, and what it means for tigers not to be afraid.And some news: we've reached 1,000 subscribers on YouTube and we're celebrating with merch. Thank you.⏱️ Timestamps00:00 When reality is scarier than ghosts01:23 Welcome03:03 1,000 subscribers and merch03:39 Synopsis and cast06:13 First impressions07:17 The 97% and the violence we lived through in Colombia10:56 Did the supernatural fall short?12:03 The story (spoilers)16:10 The death of the children18:08 The final confrontation20:19 The meadow and the tiger: Ending explained22:41 Paola Lara and Juan Ramón López24:57 Tenoch Huerta: From El Chino to Namor25:28 Issa López's direction27:28 Vuelven vs. La Llorona28:26 Verdict30:46 Recommendations🎬 Mentioned: Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, The Wasteland (El Páramo, Colombia and Spain), La Llorona (2019), Rodrigo D: No futuro, Stand by Me, The Goonies, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Gretel & Hansel, The Ugly Stepsister. Recommendations: Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999) and I'm No Longer Here (2019, Netflix).🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2P5z2hg...🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...🎙️ Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/98nzjg58📺 Watch on YouTube:    / @cinemajamenespañol  📸 Follow us on Instagram: @cinemajampod (  / cinemajampod  )💛 Support us on Patreon and get exclusive content (transcripts in Spanish and English, rankings, extended cuts):   / cinemajam  👕 Fear Speaks Spanish Merch: [STORE LINK]Until next time, and keep jamming about movies.