The Sentimental Engine Slayer

Name: The Sentimental Engine Slayer
Director: Omar Rodríguez-López
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Omar Rodríguez-López, Tatiana Velazquez, Nomar Rizo, Kim Stodel, Rikardo Rodríguez López

4.8/10

2010

1h 37m

Drama

Overview

Barlam (Omar Rodriguez-Lopez) struggles to find himself as he bags groceries, has a semi-incestuous relationship with his sister and attempts to understand his parents' long-ago divorce. Events spiral out of control when he becomes obsessed with a boy who looks like him. Rodriguez-Lopez, a songwriter/guitarist for rock band The Mars Volta, writes and directs this drama that had its North American premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.