ACUITZERAMO 2019 | DCP | Color | 15 min. Direction: Miguel Angel Caballero Script: Miguel Angel Caballero Production: Luis Aldana | Miguel Angel Caballero Production Company: Cabaldana Alchemy Photography: Philip Alexander Narvaez Edition: Mladan Jurkovic Sound: Mladan Jurkovic Music: Robert J. Revell Cast: Luis Aldana | Sal López | Matías Ponce Art Direction: Xiomara Sayavendra Year of Participation at FICM: 2019 SYNOPSIS: Salvador, a gay Mexican elder who has lost his partner of 15 years, calls his partner’s estranged son, Anthony, to tell him of his father’s passing. Unaware of their relationship, Anthony travels from Chicago to a small rural town in Mexico to attend his father’s funeral. As family secrets are exposed, identities and perceptions are challenged.
