LOWLIFE

For his first feature film, Ryan Prows combines the American thriller and its many protagonists with elements of Mexican folklore. A Mexican wrestler anxious to pay tribute to a mythical father figure casts off the shackles of a sordid organ trafficker. He encounters a number of weird characters, such as a young man just out of prison, who doesn’t seem to realise he has a swastika tattooed on his face.

Lowlife has all the attributes of modern pop culture: it conveys the heritage of Tarantino and makes multiple allusions to iconic modern works, such as Breaking Bad. But, at the same time, Prows crafts his own personal tone, plainly surrealistic.

Ryan Prows, director, in attendance