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2019 | Color | 18:40

On December 11, 2013, Víctor Álvarez Damián and other young men were arrested amid a joint security operation led by the local police of Veracruz. Their whereabouts remain unknown to this day. Perla, Víctor’s mother, has been looking for him since then. "Open the Earth" portrays her painful and tireless fight to access to the truth and justice.


Country: México
Direction: Zuno Alcántara; Alejandro
Script: Zuno; Alejandro
Production: Reyes Chávez; Iliana, Renaux; Jérémy
Photography: Amann; Ximena
Sound: SOUNDER, Hernández; Misael
Music: Ayhllón; Carlo
Cast:Damián; Perla
Participation year at FICM: 2019

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