''The Thin Yellow Line'' () is a 2015 Mexican

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film directed by Celso R. García. It was one of fourteen films shortlisted by Mexico to be their submission for the

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at the

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, but it lost out to '' 600 Miles''.

Plot

Five men are hired to paint the yellow center line of a highway linking two Mexican cities. They have to complete more than 200 kilometers in less than 15 days. All five are lonely men and have met by chance on this construction site. They face challenges that will change their lives forever.

Cast

Damián Alcázar Damián Alcázar (born January 8, 1953) is a Mexican actor and politician, who is best known outside of Mexico as Lord Sopespian in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela in the Netflix series ''Narcos'' and ...

as Toño *

Joaquín Cosio Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956) (Joaquín Alonso González), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981) (Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez), ...

as Gabriel * Silverio Palacios as Atayde * Gustavo Sánchez Parra as Mario * Américo Hollander as Pablo *

Fernando Becerril Fernando Becerril (1944/1945 – 7 February 2023) was a Mexican actor. He was cast in numerous Spanish-language films since 1998 like ''El crimen del padre Amaro'' (2002), ''Tlatelolco, verano del 68'' (2013) and '' The Legend of Zorro'' (2005). ...

as Ingeniero

Reception

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website

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, the film holds an approval rating of 91%, based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 6.5/10.

References

External links

* 2015 films 2015 comedy-drama films Mexican road comedy-drama films 2010s Spanish-language films 2010s Mexican films {{2010s-comedy-drama-film-stub 2010s road comedy-drama films Spanish-language comedy-drama films