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2012 | Color | 6 min 10 seg

Bear, a single Latino man in L.A.´s Echo Park neighborhood, looks for love online. Fearing traffic, he searches locally, but soon discovers how geographic convenience can turn to heartache overnight.


Country: Estados Unidos, México
Direction: Cruz; Yolanda
Script: Cruz; Yolanda
Production: Manet; Jerome, I. Cruz; Carlo
Photography: Guizar; Luis
Sound: Horcasitas; Victor
Cast:Manet; Lobo, López; Donato, Carmel; Tzina, Medina; Hugo, Nunez; Joe
Art direction: Montoya; Andrés
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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