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2011 | Color | 20 min

On a long road trip, two brothers, Pablo and Nicolás, return from San Antonio, Texas, to visit their family in Tlalpujahua, Michoacán. They are excited and they bring presents with them. Along the way, they discuss a comic book they plan to write and illustrate. The fictional account they create becomes interwoven with their own reality.


Country: México, Argentina
Direction: Flores Contreras; Diego Alejandro
Script: Toledo; Emilio, Flores Contreras; Diego Alejandro
Production: Durán; Lubianca, Flores Contreras; Diego Alejandro
Photography: Bernardo; Valentina
Sound: Michel; Daniel
Music: Michel; Daniel
Cast:Aguirre; Adrian, de los Reyes; Jorge, Balderas; Miriam, Velazco; Juan, Merlos; Honorio, Baños; Luz Estela, Mena; José Luis
Participation year at FICM: 2011

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