New Order

Imagine the French Revolution transposed on contemporary Mexico City in the hands of provocative Mexican filmmaker Michel Franco (Daniel and Ana, After Lucia, Chronic). The result: a riveting and prescient dystopian drama that serves as a disquieting cautionary tale for a society marked by extreme class divisions. Just beyond the walls of a heavily guarded home where a lavish upper-class wedding is underway, protests, chaos, and violence have seized the streets. The shocking outburst of class warfare soon bleeds into the party, setting into motion a brutal coup d’état, all seen through the eyes of the sympathetic young bride and the servants who work for—and against—her wealthy family. Deploying a salvo of arresting images, New Order breathlessly traces the collapse of one political system as a more harrowing replacement springs up in its wake.