In Compton, a soon-to-be undocumented teenager fights for her right to stay in America while risking her family, her friendships, and her first love.... (Full plot summary below)
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In Compton, a soon-to-be undocumented teenager fights for her right to stay in America while risking her family, her friendships, and her first love.
Leave your thoughts about La Leyenda Negra.
| Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarA first-time performer without formal training, Betancourt is a true revelation and the most accomplished player in an impressive ensemble of nonactors. |
| Screen DailyAllan HunterDelgado keeps us invested in the fate of these two girls without tipping the film towards overt melodrama or sentimentality. |
| Film ThreatNorman GidneyDelgado’s script is keenly aware of the world she is sharing. With the utmost humanity, each frame conveys the lives of those living in limbo, working for the mere hope of something better. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweIntentionally provocative, artistically uncompromising and self-consciously polemical, La Leyenda Negra attempts to inform by incitement, challenging audiences to concede to an unvarnished view of migrant life in working-class Los Angeles. |
| User ReviewBrent_MarchantDespite strong character development and gorgeous black-and-white cinematography, this well-intentioned but unfocused story of an undocumented Salvadoran lesbian teen never manages to pick a plot line and stick to it. Is it a coming of age/coming out/forbidden love tale? A cinematic political statement? A buddy film about the adventures of a group of teenage friends? There are elements of each of these threads in director Patricia Vidal Delgado's debut feature, but nothing gels into a cohesive, cogent whole. The potential is definitely present, as evidenced by the well-drawn and fleshed out characters, but they're not given anything defined to do once given life. Let's hope that the filmmaker's future productions come up with stories to match the other fine attributes she's mastered here. |
