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Tijuana Makes Me Happy (2007)

2007-01-01 · 1h 19m · ES
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Every man remembers how hard it is being 15 years old: Your voice is cracking, your hormones are raging, school is boring, the girl you love is a young prostitute who won't go out with you because you don't have enough cash, so you start smuggling drugs across the border in order to save enough money to buy a rooster so you can enter a cockfight and win her love. It's a tale as old as time itself. Tijuana Makes Me Happy, which won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Slamdance Film Festival, is both a charming coming-of-age story and a celebration of the most infamous of all Mexican border towns.

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Dylan VerrechiaWriter, DirectorJames LefkowitzWriterPablo Tendilla RochaWriterAidée GonzálezWriter

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Pablo Tendilla OrtizPablo Tendilla OrtizPablo Tendilla RochaPablo Tendilla RochaAidée GonzálezAidée GonzálezDarina Rabago SotoDarina Rabago SotoLuis Angel Carmona ArochiLuis Angel Carmona ArochiIvan Equihua CarlosIvan Equihua CarlosMarco Carmona ArochiMarco Carmona Arochi

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What is Tijuana Makes Me Happy about?

Every man remembers how hard it is being 15 years old: Your voice is cracking, your hormones are raging, school is boring, the girl you love is a young prostitute who won't go out with you because you don't have enough cash, so you start smuggling drugs across the border in order to save enough money to buy a rooster so you can enter a cockfight and win her love. It's a tale as old as time itself. Tijuana Makes Me Happy, which won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Slamdance Film Festival, is both a charming coming-of-age story and a celebration of the most infamous of all Mexican border towns.

How long is Tijuana Makes Me Happy?

Tijuana Makes Me Happy has a runtime of 79 minutes.