Welcome al norte

'Welcome al norte' is a Mexican comedy written and directed by Gustavo Loza. It is loosely based in the french film 'Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis' from Danny Boom. The movie is a BTF Media production for Star Distribución and Disney starring Silverio Palacios. It was released in Mexican theaters in September 2023.

Polito (Palacios) is a middle class worker as the manager of a branch of a distribution company in his local city of Izamal, in Yucatan, in the south end of the country. But his wife asks him for more, as they wish to earn a spot in Cancun and move there, their dream location, with their son.

However, things don't end up as he wished and Polito finally earns his transfer, only "a little bit" more to the north: Tijuana. Considered as one of the most dangerous cities in the world, land of mafias, gangsters and kidnappers, Polito is afraid of what he will meet there. But with the help of his friend Spooky (Ricardo Abarca), he will discover that not everything in Tijuana is as bad as they say. The connection between Mexicans and their national identity is much stronger that local disputes and territorial divisions.

The cast of 'Welcome al norte' is completed with Amorita Rascago, Isabel Burr, Paco Rueda, Héctor Jiménez, Raquel Garza and Robert Sosa.

• Comedy