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2013 | Color | 101 min

Estela is a 12-year-old girl who has just fallen in love with a young police cadet. He wants to run away with her and get married. Trying to achieve this dream, her family will have to experience the violence that is devastating the region


Country: México, Francia, Alemania, Países Bajos
Direction: Escalante; Amat
Script: Reyes; Gabriel, Escalante; Amat
Production: Kreyenberg; Titus, Romandía; Jaime, Reygadas; Carlos
Photography: Hagerman; Lorenzo
Sound: Díaz; Sergio
Cast:Espitia; Armando, González; Linda, Vergara; Andrea, Eduardo Palacios; Juan
Art direction: Schneider; Daniela
Participation year at FICM: 2013

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