Of this World

2010 | Color | 26 min 30

Sara doesn't belong in this world, but in a last attempt to find meaning, she undertakes a journey to look for Carlos, the only person she cares about. She leaves the psychiatric institution where she had been hiding from herself, in order to explore the corridors of a lost time, and find what is not lost.

Country: México
Direction: Valadez; Fernanda
Script: Valadez; Fernanda
Production: Soto; Ricardo, Valadez; Fernanda
Photography: Garfias; Ricardo
Sound: Vargas; Milagros
Cast:Pellicer; Pilar, Lein; Diana, Alexander-Katz; Sophie, Reyes; Arnulfo
Participation year at FICM: 2010

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