A Wolfpack Called Ernesto

In Mexico, 350 000 people have been killed over the last 15 years by armed perpetrators, 30 000 of which are under 18. A Wolfpack Called Ernesto is a travel exploration to the bowels of the most fragile link on the chain: kids. The film follows the paths of the youths collectively named "Ernesto" – victims as well as sicarios – who in a certain moment of their lives had access to a gun, used it to kill, and soon became a part of the many pieces of a crime organization.

"The drug cartels in Mexico have an inconceivable amount of power – especially over young people, who see them as an opportunity for a little bit of self-empowerment. A Wolfpack Called Ernesto, with its vivid experimental narrative style, makes it painfully clear that the price they pay for this is violence and that ultimately the opposite will occur."
(Samay Claro - DOK.fest München)