One of the frustrating realities of the Toronto International Film Festival is that with over three hundred films in the program it is a physical impossibility to see everything that you want. Such was the case with Voy A Explotar, the third feature from Drama/Mex director Gerardo Naranjo. Naranjo has emerged as one of the brightest lights of current Mexican film and though both Michael and I were hoping to catch this one I don't believe either of us actually made it to a screening. Here's an excerpt from the TIFF program guide:

Misfit Román Valdez is the son of a respected yet corrupt politician in the city of Guanajuato. Having grown up in a world of privilege, he does nothing but give his father grief, blaming him for his mother's untimely death. After being expelled from the best private institutions in the country, he ends up at the same, less prestigious school as the offbeat Maru, who comes from a middle-class background and lives with her mother and sister. During the school's talent night, Román's provocative one-man show, titled “See You in Hell,” prompts yet another expulsion, but also piques Maru's interests – she is the only person in the audience who applauds his performance.

Word on the film was very strong from people who did see it at the festival and our man in Mexico, Aaron Soto, has just passed along the film's theatrical trailer. Check it out below the break in the Twitch Player.