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10-year-old orphan Estrella is fascinated with fairy tales and dreams of being a princess. One night, she makes a wish to be reunited with her recently deceased mother. It does come true, except she comes back as a rather unsettling ghost. Estrella runs away and takes shelter with a gang of street kids. As her new friends grow fond of her, she accommodates to the hardships of their life. As young as they are, they must make their stand against the local cartel. Tigers Are Not Afraid is a beautifully grim coming-of-age movie that offers an uncompromising descent into the war between Mexican cartels. Like Pan’s Labyrinth , the story seamlessly combines direct naturalism and nightmarish oneirism. This Mexican revelation inevitably won over Guillermo del Toro, a die-hard fan of the film alongside Stephen King, who has announced he will produce its talented director’s next project.