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2014 | Color | 8:47

Ernesto, a child spending summer vacations at his grandmother’s, show us how moments of daily life are full of complex emotions with simple meanings. When a problem arises that the adults alone understand, Ernesto’s life is affected. He must discover the secret so that everything can be normal again. The answer seems simple: feel more and think less.


Country: México
Direction: de la Cruz; Alfonso
Script: de la Cruz; Alfonso
Production: Jellyfish
Photography: Campbell; AtenasX Chávez; FranciscoX de la Cruz; AlfonsoX Herrera; RicardoX Portillo; Leonel
Sound: Villarreal; Rodrigo
Music: Villarreal; Rodrigo
Cast:Leal Valenzuela; Humberto
Art direction: Campbell;AtenasX Chávez; FranciscoX de la Cruz; AlfonsoX Herrera; RicardoX JellyfishX Portillo; Leonel
Participation year at FICM: 2014

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