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The Clash

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Directed by Daniel and Diego Vega, The Clash explores themes of generational estrangement, masculinity, and immigration through the story of Roberto, an 18-year-old who flees political violence in early‑1990s Peru to reunite with his father Bob Montoya in Montreal. Bob strives to embody the North American dream for his son, yet his own unresolved traumas and prejudices perpetuate cycles of violence. Through a narrative informed by Peru’s internal armed conflict and themes of exile and cultural displacement, the film examines the father–son dynamics as metaphors for national and personal rupture. The Vega brothers employ realist storytelling, cross‑cultural mise‑en‑scène, and emotionally textured performances to probe how identity, memory, and inherited violence shape immigrant subjectivities. A critical text for analyses in forced migration, transnational masculinity, and the psychological legacies of authoritarian politics.