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2012 | B/N | 20 min

Mr. Jocotot, a philosophy and ethics professor, has just collected final exams from his students and, unlike most other days, decides to take a taxi home. As he turns onto Avenida Progreso, a prominent street in Mexico City, he will come up against corruption and his ignorance will teach him a lesson.


Country: México, Alemania
Direction: Guillén; Mauricio
Script: Guillén; Mauricio
Production: S.F.S.; S.F.S., MMK; MMK
Photography: García; Diego
Sound: Ratto; Loretta
Music: Hecker; Florian, Schönberg; Arnold
Cast:Barruecos; Diego, Decentis; Germán, Meléndez; Jaime, Acevedo; Nathalia
Art direction: Guillén; Mauricio
Participation year at FICM: 2013

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