Mateo
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The healing power of art weakens violence in Colombia. Mateo, 16, collects extortion money from shopkeepers in Barrancabermeja on behalf of his uncle, a local crime boss. He uses his pay to help out his mother, who accepts the ill-gotten money out of need. To prove his worth, Mateo agrees to infiltrate a local theatre group in order to uncover its members' political activities. As he becomes enthralled with the creative lifestyle of the troupe, his uncle escalates demands on ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Mateo:

Carlos Hernández
Felipe Botero
Samuel Lazcano
Miriam Gutiérrez

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The healing power of art weakens violence in Colombia. Mateo, 16, collects extortion money from shopkeepers in Barrancabermeja on behalf of his uncle, a local crime boss. He uses his pay to help out his mother, who accepts the ill-gotten money out of need. To prove his worth, Mateo agrees to infiltrate a local theatre group in order to uncover its members' political activities. As he becomes enthralled with the creative lifestyle of the troupe, his uncle escalates demands on him to produce incriminating information on the actors. Under pressure, Mateo must make difficult choices. Throughout this story composed from real life experiences, Mateo and his mother find their dignity as they face the perils of doubting the established hierarchy of Colombia's armed conflict.

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Paste Magazine - 7/10 by Monica CastilloWhether intentional or not, Mateo left a bitter aftertaste -- and Matthew Stoneman's story becomes one so much more grating than intriguing.
Eye for Film - 7/10 by Jennie KermodeA deceptively incisive portrait of a man living life on what he thinks ought to be his own terms, Mateo makes for easy listening and consciously troubling viewing.
User Review - 10/10 by David CWith extraordinary subtly and understatement, this film is as poignant as the music it showcases and as complex as the personality into which it delves. A fly-on-the-wall, ostensibly non-judgmental approach actually delivers almost painfully precise artistic, moral and psychological insights into its subject. The film charts New England-born troubadour Matthew "Mateo" Stoneman's obsessive drive to produce an album of his mariachi compositions. He is candid about time in prison, committed for stealing to fund his recording addiction: it is in goal that he learns his style of music. He scrapes together money playing social clubs and churches in Los Angeles, his domestic life as feral as the stray cats he feeds on his back stoop, to finance recording forays in Havana, Cuba. There he is adopted by a network of bed and breakfast hosts, back-up artists, and recording engineers who look out for his wellbeing, which mostly consists of trying to find him a girlfriend. For, as his wise, matriarchal landlady observes, without companionship he falls prey to "isolation and immaturity." His search for love, almost equally all-consuming as his music making, stands in marked contrast to the focus and discipline of the latter. We see him gauchely taking up with bemused local women or voyeuristically observing prostitutes from a distance, which later echoes in a sad visit to New Hampshire where he spies on his estranged parents from the woods. And yet, for all the pathos and awkwardness of his private life, genuine charisma comes through as soon as the crooning begins. His Cuban comrades comment on it and it reflects in the devotion of audiences in the sold-out Japanese tour that climaxes the movie. Our nebbish, it transpires, really is "Big in Japan."
User Review - 6/10 by Pablo EMateo se llama en verdad Matthew Stoneman. El afiche a nuestra izquierda no corresponde, en todo caso, pues no es un bailarín. Mateo es un cantante norteamericano que tras su paso por la cárcel en su país, adoptó como propias la música y cultura latina. El documental se vuelve así el experimento de acompañar a un bicho raro, un gringo cantando en español que ama Cuba y se descontrola por sus mujeres. Recomendable.

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