# We Are What We Are (2010)

> After their patriarch dies, a cannibal family’s teenage children struggle to preserve their inherited rituals in contemporary Mexico.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/33929

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Jorge Michel Grau
- Cast: Paulina Gaitán, Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Carmen Beato, Adrián Aguirre, Miriam Balderas, Jorge Zárate, Esteban Soberanes
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1620604/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: oppressive, bleak, disturbing, late night horror viewing, arthouse horror marathon

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