The Wall of Mexico

Panorama

"an intriguing fantasy about rich Mexicans turning the tables on poor white people."

The Hollywood Reporter
  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Zachary Cotler, Magdalena Zyzak
  • USA, Mexico 2019
  • 110 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

Don, a young handyman, begins working for a decadently wealthy Mexican-American family and is drawn into a bitter feud when the family decides to build a wall to stop white locals from stealing their highly precious well water.

The new film from Zachary Cotler and Magdalena Zyzak is a role-reversing fantasy about present-day xenophobia. The filmmakers explain that the film was conceived in reaction to the American presidential election but its emphasis is on the personal - examining human hierarchies with all their exclusions and inclusions.

Filmography: When I'm a Moth (2019), Maya Dardel (2017).


  • Director Zachary Cotler, Magdalena Zyzak
  • Production Marla Arreola, Sarahí Castro, Adrian Durazo
  • Script Zachary Cotler
  • Cinematography Lyn Moncrief
  • Editing Gabriel Foster Prior
  • Music Zachary Cotler
  • Festivals SXSW
  • Actors Jackson Rathbone, Esai Morales, Marisol Sacramento, Carmela Zumbado, Mariel Hemingway
  • Source Visit Films, Brooklyn