Olallo Rubio (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Olallo Rubio

Looking for reviews of films directed by Olallo Rubio? Cinafilm has a total of 16 reviews across 2 movies directed by Olallo Rubio.

Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 58%.

Gimme the Power is Olallo Rubio's highest rated movie, with a score of 76% based on 4 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Olallo Rubio is This Is Not a Movie, with a score of 41% based on 12 reviews.

Director Biography

Olallo Rubio Maauad is a Mexican filmmaker and broadcaster. He is known for his documentaries (So, What's Your Price?, Gimme the Power, and Ilusión Nacional) and the feature film This Is Not a Movie.

Rubio's career began in radio at XHDL-FM. His first film, So, What's Your Price?, a documentary film critical of consumerism, premiered at the 2007 Guadalajara International Film Festival. His next film, This Is Not a Movie, stars Edward Furlong as a man who grapples with existential questions during the end of the world. It premiered at the Morelia International Film Festival in 2010 and had a budget of $3 million. Gimme the Power, released just before the 2012 Mexican general election, is a rockumentary about the Mexican band Molotov that is also critical of Mexican politics.[6] His latest film, released in 2014 just prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup,[5] is Ilusión Nacional, a documentary about football in Mexico.

Olallo Rubio has directed films starring Edward Furlong, Edi Gathegi, Peter Coyote and Julian Sedgwick.