El Jeremías

El Jeremías

What does he want to be when he grows up?

Directed by Pato Safa

Produced by Terregal Films, Alebrije Producciones

201698 min6.9 / 10

A coming-of-age family drama about a gifted child navigating the tension between intellectual opportunity and emotional belonging.

In Sonora, Mexico. Jeremías, an eight year old, who finds out he is a gifted child initiates a journey of self discovery. When an opportunistic physiologist makes contact with Jeremías, a new world of experiences open up to him but at the expense of being away from the family he loves. Jeremías must choose between this exciting but lonely new world he finds himself in or returning home to his loving family.

Questions people ask

  • Is El Jeremías violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is El Jeremías easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does El Jeremías end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is El Jeremías scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is El Jeremías sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

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.

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Rarity14

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Surprise37

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Love65

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