A broken system is laid bare by this bleak doc trailing a private ambulance crew as they zoom around after accident victims
Were it not for the real-life tragedy and horror involved, this documentary could almost be a bleak and often hilarious black comedy. Film-maker Luke Lorentzen follows the crew of one of
Mexico City’s dozens of private ambulances, guys who zoom recklessly through the streets to the site of an emergency, either directly called via the private medical insurance firm with whom the unfortunate person is insured, or after they have checked the
police scanner alerting them to a likely disaster.
One such crew is the Ochoa family, dad Fer at the wheel, teenage son Juan in overall charge and his kid brother Josué somewhat pointlessly along for the ride, confidently handling their dodgily maintained equipment. (Whether he should be in school is a moot point.)