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2009 | Color | 72 min

Using a legendary shark hunt in the late 1970s as the story’s core, we will meet the Martinez Sidney family and discover the secrets of their peculiar past. They will also show us a new view of the Mexican-American relationship.


Country: México
Direction: Hagerman; Carlos
Script: Grillo; John, Hagerman; Carlos
Production: Ibarra; Yissel, Grillo; John, Sosa; Martha
Photography: Grillo; John
Sound: García; Ruy
Music: Domínguez; Rigo, Puente; Tito, Mercerón; Mariano, Conjunto Acapulco Tropical;
Participation year at FICM: 2010

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