The Clash

(La bronca)
Daniel Vega, Diego Vega | Drama

2019 | 103 minutes | Peru, Colombia

In 1990s Montreal, an 18‑year‑old reunites with his father but confronts inherited trauma and clashing dreams in their fraught relationship.

Synopsis

Directed by Daniel and Diego Vega, The Clash explores themes of generational estrangement, masculinity, and immigration through the story of Roberto, an 18-year-old who flees political violence in early‑1990s Peru to reunite with his father Bob Montoya in Montreal. Bob strives to embody the North American dream for his son, yet his own unresolved traumas and prejudices perpetuate cycles of violence. Through a narrative informed by Peru’s internal armed conflict and themes of exile and cultural displacement, the film examines the father–son dynamics as metaphors for national and personal rupture. The Vega brothers employ realist storytelling, cross‑cultural mise‑en‑scène, and emotionally textured performances to probe how identity, memory, and inherited violence shape immigrant subjectivities. A critical text for analyses in forced migration, transnational masculinity, and the psychological legacies of authoritarian politics.

Reviews

“A depiction of the violence of a non-place, the dislocation, the deculturisation and the failure of a society, rendered through very human characters.” – Meritxell Colell Aparicio, President of the Horizontes Latinos Jury, SSIFF19

“The Clash illuminates the particular sense of estrangement—tempered by affection—that exists between this father and son.” — Manuel Kalmanovitz, Semana

“The most compelling aspect of The Clash is the tense power play between men.” — Sebastián Pimentel, El Comercio

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Festivals

San Sebastian International Film Festival - Special Jury Mention; Lima Film Festival - Critics Award, Best Actor Award; Biarritz Latin America Festival International; Havana Festival of New Latin American Cinema; Santa Barbara International Film Festival; Guadalajara International Film Festival - Best Screenplay; San Francisco Latino Film Festival; San Diego Latino Film Festival; San Antonio Independent Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Daniel Vega, Diego Vega

NATIONALITY: Peru, Colombia

YEAR: 2019

GENRE: Drama

LANGUAGE: Spanish; English; French; Other languages

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adult

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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