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An engaging portrait of a culture that places value on cruelty and "toughness," "Diego" is an endearing film about a 10-year-old little boy who demonstrates his manhood in a different way.
Diego's family's chief occupation is abduction. They abduct the children of wealthy people, then demand a hefty ransom. Sometimes, they kill those children if the families refuse to pay.
Telling a strong story about being a man, "Diego" is a film about integrity, machismo and strength. Diego is a small boy who is aggressively encouraged to fit the stereotypical idea of a strong man: hunting, killing and skinning animals, and, perhaps, people too. When he doesn't display enough enthusiasm in learning to shoot a gun, he's teased, pushed, slapped and hit by his older brother and his friends.
When Diego discovers the little girl who is being held in their house, he is forced to test his loyalty to his family and his sense of integrity to do what's right.
Director Sara Seligman crafts a lovely story from a little boy's point of view and subtly packs in a lot of moral conflicts into her short film. "Diego" is a powerful film packed to the gills with natural tension. Go out of your way to see it.