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2010 | Color | 37 min 16 s

Michoacán, year 1530. Tsipa and Hopotaku are a young P'urhepecha couple who lives for their newborn child. The abuse of the couple and their people by the Spaniards, in addition to the strange appearance of an old beggar who claims to be hungry, forces them to make decisions that will change their lives.


Country: México
Direction: Rodríguez Guillén; Pavel
Script: Rodríguez Guillén; Pavel
Production: Pérez Franco; Tomás
Photography: Torres Gasca; Jairo
Sound: Wenses; Javier, Vargas; Kevin, Cortez; Salomón, Rodríguez Guillén; Pavel
Music: Rodríguez Guillén; Pavel
Cast:Santos; Blanca, Lucas Hernández; Amaruc, Carrillo Huerta; Itsi, Vega Gómez; Copernico, Pérez Franco; Tomás
Participation year at FICM: 2010

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