Dir. Samuel Kishi Leopo. Mexico, USA. 2019. 95 mins
A child’s eye view of a migrant story, Los Lobos weaves a protective gauze of fantasy and escapism around the gruelling realities of life for a family newly arrived in the US from Mexico. A mother (Martha Reyes Arias) uses the promise of a trip to ‘Disney’ to persuade her two young sons that the long days they spend locked in a room in Albuquerque is the better life they had all hoped for. Strikingly photographed and appealingly acted by the two children, the film deftly blends fiction and documentary elements into a portrait of an immigrant community which shares some of the innocence and optimism of the kids at the heart of the picture…