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2012 | Color | 15 min

A spoken portrait of the world of cinema in a Morelia of the past, a journey through the eyes of the elderly and their memories of a time when movie theaters were part of the urban landscape. Along with these reminiscences, we travel to the present, with people who maintain this cult of the image, of cinema.


Country: México
Direction: Rentería Garnica; Mariano
Script: Rentería Garnica; Mariano
Production: Serna; Eduardo, Benavides; Javier
Photography: Rentería Garnica; Mariano
Sound: Benavides; Javier, Rentería Garnica; Mariano
Music: Collateral Soundtrack, Mota; Edgar
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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