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AURELIA AND PEDRO

CLASSIFICATION: A

AURELIA Y PEDRO (2016, dir. José Permar, Omar Robles) 2016 | Color | 15 min.

Direction: José Permar | Omar Robles

Script: José Permar | Omar Robles

Production: Ruvalcaba Rentería, Gabriela

Production Company: Departamento de Imagen y Sonido | Tardígrada Producciones

Photography: José Permar

Edition: Omar Robles

Sound: Omar Robles

Music: Alberto Romero Parra

Cast: Aurelia López | Pedro López

FICM Awards: Renta Imagen Special Award | Mexican Short Film Section

Year of participation at FICM: 2016

SYNOPSIS: Fog rolls across the green highlands of the Wixáritari in Western Mexico. Young Pedro lives here with his mother Aurelia, isolated from the rest of the world. Pedro leads the goats out to graze and explores his surroundings playfully, while Aurelia weaves fine cloth, gathers firewood and prepares food. A documentary portrait of the symbiotic relationship between a small Indigenous family and their remote homeland.