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2012 | Color | 8 min

An indigenous boy named Juan faces what, to him, is a terrible monster. His fear grows constantly. Seeing this, his grandmother Mariana believes she has a cure...


Country: México
Direction: Aguirre; Salvador
Script: Galindo; Ángela
Production: Cervera; Mónica
Photography: Boegue; Martín
Sound: Franco; Andrés
Music: Fernández; Antonio
Cast:Taracena; Gerardo, Cuouh; Sonia, Orozco; Graciela, Fuentes; Alan
Art direction: Cuervo; Alejandra
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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