Summer of Goliath (Verano de Goliat)

Innovatively blending documentary and fiction and bending generic expectations at every turn, Nicolás Pereda has constructed a startlingly original feature with Summer of Goliath. It is summer in Huilotepec, a rural community in the Mexican countryside, where a placid atmosphere belies the intrigues stirring among the townspeople. Teresa is convinced that her husband has left her for another woman. Her son, Gabino is in the military and spends his time conducting car searches with fellow soldier Alberto. Meanwhile, 16-year-old Oscar – nicknamed Goliath – lives the life of a social outcast because the word is he killed his girlfriend.