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Movie Info

A crush fuels 14-year-old Lalo's descent into the criminal underworld of illegal gasoline extraction, but what begins as a fast track for the latest smartphone veers into a deadly fight for his life.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

Spanish
Director:

Edgar Nito
Producer:

Victor Leycegui, Annick Mahnert, Joshua Sobel
Writer:

Edgar Nito, Alfredo Mendoza
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 1, 2020
Runtime:

1h 33m
Production Co:

AMP International

Cast & Crew

Leonardo Alonso
Loaeza

Eduardo Banda
Lalo

Fernando Becerril
Don Gil

Myriam Bravo
Lalo's Mother

Waldo Facco
Cell Phone Salesman

Pedro Joaquín
Rulo

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Critic Reviews for The Gasoline Thieves

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (15)

Displaying an impressive visual sense despite his small budget, while never calling unnecessary attention to himself, Nito wastes no time in illustrating the incredibly high stakes.

May 9, 2019 | Full Review…

Peter Debruge
Variety
A tense blend of social realism and crime drama.

May 5, 2019 | Full Review…

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
A visually striking debut feature that portrays a timely and polemic theme in Mexico in a realistic fashion, staying away from the usual tropes of melodrama. [Full Review in Spanish]

January 24, 2021 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Rene Sanchez
Cine Sin Fronteras
The results are a haunting story that will make viewers wonder how many anonymous gasoline thieves are out there in real life.

July 11, 2020 | Full Review…

Carla Hay
Culture Mix
The world it depicts may be ugly and brutal, but "The Gasoline Thieves" is a beautiful film, even as it is emotionally devastating. It's excellent, but prepare yourself for just the saddest movie.

June 26, 2020 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

Brent McKnight
The Last Thing I See
The characters live in a real-world of real circumstances, desires, and danger.

February 10, 2020 | Rating: 9 | Full Review…

Norman Gidney
HorrorBuzz
Huachicolero is a beautiful and thoughtful film that portrays, with acumen and sensibility, the culture of violence and misery in Mexico. [Full review in Spanish]

August 1, 2019 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…

Nicolás Ruiz
Código espagueti
The Gasoline Thieves is a nasty little film that does not pull its punches.

July 15, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Terry Mesnard
Gayly Dreadful
Edgar Nito and Alfredo Mendoza's script leaves you in all sorts of suspense. The ending to the film is one of the best and most shocking I've seen in quite some time.

May 9, 2019 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…

Lorry Kikta
Film Threat
[A] striking debut.

May 5, 2019 | Full Review…

Gary M. Kramer
Film International
The Gasoline Thieves is one of the most beautiful films of this year's [Tribeca] festival...

May 2, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Nathanael Hood
Unseen Films
An assured and tremendously strong feature debut which fluidly blends a coming-of-age drama with a timely and socially conscious topic that has claimed hundreds of lives.

April 30, 2019 | Rating: 7.5/10 | Full Review…

Adam Patterson
Film Pulse