I'm No Longer Here (2019)

IMDb plot summary: In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.

Directed by Fernando Frias. Stars Kevin Ryan, Juan Daniel García Treviño, and Xueming Angelina Chen.

I'm No Longer Here tells the nonlinear story of a young man who was involved with a dance crew in Colombia and then has to leave town and emigrate to America after his crew becomes entangled in gang violence. I actually found the nonlinear aspect surprisingly difficult to follow. It took me 2/3 of the way through the movie to realize that it was out of order. While usually I'd blame that on myself, I do feel like I was paying pretty close attention, so something got lost there. It hits a lot of familiar beats here, both in stories about gang violence and stories about refugees, but it does bring an interesting new angle with the aspect of dance being the grounding point for this character. That doesn't get explored very often in film. That being said, though, overall it was not a film that really stood out to me, and I'm pretty sure the only thing I'm going to remember about it a month out is the dancing.

🎥 I'm No Longer Here (2019)

📊 Ranked #2632/4241 on my Flickchart

🎯 Flickscore™: 42

lost to Dunkirk (#2171 → #2169)

beat Captain January (#3213 → #3295)

lost to The 39 Steps (held at #2685)

beat The Ice Storm (#2949 → #2943)

lost to Flypaper (#2820 → #2907)

lost to An Ideal Husband (held at #2883)

beat Choke (#2916 → #2913)

beat The Rocky Horror Picture Show (#2899 → #2896)

beat No Country for Old Men (#2891 → #2889)

beat Streets of Fire (#2886 → #2884)

lost to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (#2884 → #2780)

beat Little Big League (#2885 → #2968)