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2013 | Color | 90 min

Samuel and Rodrigo begin a trip in search of their mother, who disappeared after leaving behind a note saying: "I had to go, Mom." The teenage brothers’ relationship becomes tenseand fractured as they travel through the desert landscape following clues from their childhood memories.


Country: México
Direction: Pablos; David
Script: Vidal; Gabriela, Pablos; David
Production: Bukantz; Karla, Hofmann; Henner
Photography: de la Torre; José
Sound: Aguilar; Nicolás
Music: Ayhllón; Carlo
Cast:Prudencio; María Renée, Hollander; Américo, Azuela; Rodrigo
Art direction: Franceschi; Shantal
Participation year at FICM: 2013

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