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2003 | Color | 10 min

To live is a dream. The fight to communicate and ward off loneliness. The story of ourselves.


Country: México
Direction: Hernández; Julián
Script: Hernández; Julián
Production: Fiesco; Roberto
Photography: Arizmendi; Diego, Cantú; Alejandro
Sound: Ojeda; Aurora
Music: Ibarra; Federico, Mejía Avante; Jorge, Revueltas; Silvestre
Cast:Cárdenas; Enrique, Álvarez; Salvador, Montes; Erick, Galván; Mónica, Molina; Pablo, Oliver; Mario, Ortuño; Juan Carlos
Participation year at FICM: 2003

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