Running Under the Sun

2015
6m

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The coming-of-age story of a young immigrant crossing the southern border in pursuit of a better life in America with her mother. However, the journey across the border is not an easy one an... Read allThe coming-of-age story of a young immigrant crossing the southern border in pursuit of a better life in America with her mother. However, the journey across the border is not an easy one and the young immigrant faces unpredictable obstacles. In a moment of desperation, her mothe... Read allThe coming-of-age story of a young immigrant crossing the southern border in pursuit of a better life in America with her mother. However, the journey across the border is not an easy one and the young immigrant faces unpredictable obstacles. In a moment of desperation, her mother takes the ultimate act of love and courage, sacrificing her own safety to protect her da... Read all

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rudycarlos

Riveting story, only writer-director Addison Sandoval could pull off.

Running Under the Sun is everything I expected and wanted it to be. The story has a raw, documentary feel to it, but is guided by a poise in the director's approach to storytelling. The brilliance of this film is that it always remains true to the events that occur in real life... Sandoval doesn't include unnecessary fluff. Instead, he approaches the original story with gravitas and calculation... presenting a story to the audience and leaving us alone, to be surrounded only by natural events, to naturally take from the world what we will. For these reasons, I highly recommend this film. I consider Dir. Sandoval a rarified talent, an auteur whose work deserves a place in film critical theory. There is just so much in each of his films that can be analyzed and is yet to be explored.