
El bulto
A sleeping man. A generation that awakens ... 20 years that are not forgotten
Directed by Gabriel Retes
Produced by Cooperativa Conexión, Cooperativa Río Mixcoac
A wry, melancholic comedy-drama about a man awakening from a 20-year coma to find Mexico and himself fundamentally changed, grappling with lost time and the gap between youthful dreams and lived reality.
After being in a comma for 20 year, Lauro wakes up in a very different Mexico than the one he lived on. Ideas, hopes, ways-of-life and customs have changed, and Mexicans of the nineties are strangers for a man sleeping since 1971. Lauro will have to deal with the changes brought by the History, and will have to accept that the future is never as we imagined it when we were young.
Clusters
Questions people ask
Is El bulto sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is El bulto violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is El bulto scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Is El bulto easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.
Does El bulto end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like El bulto
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as El bulto
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like El bulto, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like El bulto, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like El bulto, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.























































