Los caifanes

The first and the best of a small genre, "Los Caifanes" preceded "After Hours", "Something Wild" and other films by a decade. Two middle class people find themselves caught up in a whirlwind of mysterious Downtown nightlife. Sound familiar? This film did it first, and if you know about the turmoil in Mexico City during this time, took full advantage of the statement.

This film is outrageous. I believe that by far is one of the best films ever come out of Mexico. It reflects the nature of the Mexican youth as well as the heart of a nation. Juan Ibañez takes the soul of the people and takes it to the mainstream.

Los Caifanes shows how mexican youth, from different social/economic levels, was looking for that promised modernity during the sixties... Basically, two points of view confront their wills: the medium-up class and the medium-low class... Big difference? In Mexico, yes it was, it is and maybe, it will be...

Los Caifanes isn't your typical movie... it's one of those films

that you either love or hate. There's nothing inbetween.Full of

color and some pretty surrealistic settings and characters, Los

Caifanes is probably one of the most representative movies on

Mexico in the 60's, which has earned it a big cult status in the

country, specially among young people. It deals with a lot of

Mexico's social issues in a very special, if not subtle, manner,

and features probably the best performances by Oscar Chavez and

Sergio

This movie, for it's day and age was way ahead of its time. The movie catches a rare decadent lifestyle that hasn't been seen until recent movies. I strongly recommend this movie to anyone who's into Lynch, Kubrik or Tarantino. You will not be disappointed. Now, if I can just find a place where I can buy it, I'll be set!