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THE PRIZE

El premio (2011, dir. Paula Markovitch)The Prize (2011, dir. Paula Markovitch)

Direction: Paula Markovitch

Script: Paula Markovitch

Production: Paula Markovitch, Pablo Boneu, Izrael Moreno

Production Company: Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (Foprocine) | Iz Films | Kung Works | Mille Et Une Productions | Niko Films | Staron Films

Photography: Wojciech Staron

Edition: Lorena Moriconi

Sound: Isabel Muñoz Cota Callejas, Alexis Stavropolus

Music: Sergio Gurrola

Cast: Laura Agorreca, Paula Galinelli Hertzog, Sharon Herrera, Uriel Lasillo, Viviana Suraniti

Art Direction: Bárbara Enríquez, Óscar Tello

FICM Awards: Best Mexican Feature Film | Mexican Feature Film Section

Year of Participation atFICM: 2011

SYNOPSIS: Seven-year-old Ceci must keep a big secret, but she doesn´t completely understand what the secret is about. The life of her family depends on her silence. But what exactly must she keep silent about? Ceci asks herself: what should she say? What should she really believe and do in order to deserve the love of her mother and others?