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2016 | Color | 22:00

Ariel, a silent security guard in charge of transporting other people’s millions every day, has just discovered he’s about to be a first-time father. While deciding what to do about his imminent paternity, through a bizarre fault in the system, he suddenly finds himself before the possibility of fleeing with the loot he transports.


Direction: Ruizpalacios; Alonso
Script: Ruizpalacios; Alonso
Production: Ruíz; Ramiro, Ramos; Linda
Photography: García; Damián
Sound: Umpierrez; Javier
Music: Barreiro; Tomás
Cast:Briones; Raúl, Pérez; José Luis, Santiago; Alberto, Huerta; Tenoch
Art direction: Cabriada; Sandra
Participation year at FICM: 2016

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