Güerosisaroadmovieinwhichthetravellersbarelymanagetoleavetown.AcomingofagecomedywhichpayshomagetotheFrenchnewwave,itwasfilmedinblack-and-whiteandin4:3ratio.Beingasomewhatunusualfilm,Güerosbeginswitharatherdifferentkindofexplosion:awaterbombburstsinababystroller.ItisthrownbyteenagerTomásfromablockofflats.Sincetheladisclearlytoomuchofahandfulforhismother,shepackshimofftostaywithhisbigbrotherwhoisstudyinginMexicoCity.It’s1999.Fede,alsoknowntohisfriendsasSombra,liveswithSantosinaconcretepre-fab.Theyarecurrentlystrikingagainstthestrikewhichtheirfellow-studentsareorganisingattheUniversidadNacionalAutónomadeMéxico.Tomáshasbroughtacassettealongwithhim;thetapeispartofhisfather’slegacyandcontainsthemusicofEpigmenioCruz.TheysayhissongsmovedBobDylantotears,andthathecouldhavesavedMexico’srockmusicscenefromruin.Whenthetriolearnsthattheiridolisinhospitalfadingfastandalone,theysetoffintheirrustyheapofacartopaytheirlastrespectstothisone-timerockstar.