Beef
Lati, a first-generation Malian migrant, turns to rap to overcome the death of her father. Determined to overcome her fears of performing and to confront her mom’s opposition, a new world opens up when she learns how to tap into her frustration and anger to create empowering, liberating rhymes.
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Friday, May 16, 2025
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Thursday, May 22, 2025
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Lati is a first-generation Malian young woman living in Barcelona with her mom, helping to take care of her younger sister, and reluctantly studying in a dental hygiene program. Their dad passed and was buried in a non-Muslim part of the cemetery and now the family abroad presses to have the body moved to Mali for a proper burial. Lati only dreams of becoming a famous rapper and begins training secretly with Judy, a former freestyle competitor. Determined to overcome her father’s death and her fears of performing, and to confront her Muslim mom’s opposition, a new world opens up for her when she learns how to tap into her frustration and anger to create empowering and liberating rhymes. Real-life rapper Latifa Drame, an Afro-descendant and Muslim actress/musician, and Judith Álvarez (Judy), a young actress-musician, both make their film debuts together opposite seasoned actress Asaari Bibang (Lati’s mom), making a formidable ensemble in screenwriter and director Ingride Santos’ debut feature film. Beef (Ruido) offers an immersive and emotionally charged social drama that conveys the reality of a generation of young African migrants who must reconcile their uprooting and their heritage while desperately searching for their own identity.
- Original Language Title: Ruido
- Director: Ingride Santos
- Principal Cast: Latifa Drame, Judith Álvarez Vargas, Asaari Bibang
- Premiere Status: North American
- Country: Spain, Mexico
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 85 min.
- Producer: Joana Filella
- Screenplay: Ingride Santos, Lluis Segura
- Cinematographers: Beatriz Sastre
- Editors: Fernanda Gascón
- Music: Cookin’ Soul
- Website: Official Film Website
- Filmography: Debut Feature Film
- Language: Spanish
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- Format: DCP
- International Sales: Film Factory