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2008 | Color | 12 min

Catalina Luango falls in love with a fish and gets swallowed by a marsh. Her family will try to rescue her from the world of the Chimbumbe. An adaptation of a traditional oral tale from San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia.


Country: México, Colombia
Direction: Coello; Antonio
Script: Coello; Antonio
Production: Coello; Antonio
Photography: Pineda; Andrés
Sound: Umaña; Rafael
Music: Padilla; Stevenson
Cast:Cassiani; Abel, Cimarra; Moraima, Márquez; Evaristo, Torres; Josefa, Salgado; Dairis, Vega; Eparquio, Coello; Antonio, Pérez; Bernardino, Salgado; Indira, Cáceres; Ana Benilda
Art direction: Miranda; Tayler, Sánchez; Diego, Samper; Jorge
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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