We Are What We Are (2010)

What would happen if a family of cannibals lost the sole provider of fresh flesh? That is the question that “We Are What We Are” examines. This Mexican film is about a standard family, a father, a mother, two sons and a daughter, who need a fresh body so they can complete a ritual before its too late. Father has been the one responsible for obtaining the bodies in the past but he dies in the beginning of the story, leaving his eldest son with this gruesome task. His younger brother tries to help but ends up challenging all of his decisions. The mother doesn’t have faith in him while the sister has nothing but faith and hope. He tries to make his family proud but a hooker is isn’t worthy and so the search continues. By the time someone worthwhile is found, the police have caught on to what’s going on and interrupts the ritual. Only one family member survives with the sole intent on finishing the ritual…whatever that might be.

Favorite moment – I have never been as delighted to discover such a rare and wonderful moment as this! There is a scene in a morgue where the corner is preparing the corpse while the funeral director watches. It took me only three seconds before I realized that I’ve seen this seen before, with the same actors repeating the same dialogue! I researched the actors and found out that they are indeed the same people who were in the same type of scene in Del Toro’s “Cronos”, another Mexican film from 1993. What a perfect tribute as well as a plot device for this movie as well!!