Los Frikis

Los Frikis (2024)

Gustavo idolizes his older brother Paco and his punk, "Frikis" bandmates. When word reaches the Frikis of a potential reprieve from the effects of the economic crisis, they do the now unthinkable: deliberately inject themselves with HIV to live at a government-run treatment home. It's there that they create their own utopia to live and play music freely.

Date of release
2024-12-20
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Drama
Director
Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz

Casting

Interesting facts

Los Frikis is a 2024 American drama film based on true events, set in Cuba in the 1990s. It is written and directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, who also wrote and directed The Peanut Butter Falcon. It stars Héctor Medina, Eros de la Puente and Adria Arjona, and is produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $164,748.

Production

The film is written and directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, who previously directed The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019). New Slate financed the film, with Schwartz and Nilson as producers alongside Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, as well as Rebecca Tomlinson for Lord Miller.

Beyond Puerto Rican-born Adria Arjona, the cast was made up entirely of native Cubans, in order to facilitate authenticity. Writer/director Schwartz learned to become an effective Spanish speaker to aid and authenticate script development as well as communication with the cast and crew. The filmmakers encouraged actors to give feedback and improvise to facilitate accuracy in the film's depiction of Cuban culture.

Principal photography took place in the Dominican Republic. The work of Los Frikis cinematographer Santiago Gonzalez has been recognized by IndieWire as "some of the best of 2024".

Film editing was done by Jon Otazua, who received the 2024 Woodstock Film Festival's Best Narrative Editing Award for his work on Los Frikis.

The soundtrack by Steven Price includes musical artists who influenced the real-world Los Frikis, the Cuban punk subculture for which the movie is named, including The Rolling Stones and Nirvana.

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