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2006 | Color | 13 min

Joaquín is diagnosed with cancer. He refuses treatment and locks himself up in a beach house in Veracruz. His grandson Ramón follows him around and eventually comes to terms with his grandfather´s death.


Country: México
Direction: Rojo Aura; Rubén
Script: Rojo Aura; Rubén
Production: Serrano; Alfonso
Photography: de La Rosa; Arturo
Sound: Patiño; Gustavo
Music: Vasallo; Daniel
Cast:Figueroa; Mario, Papadimitriou; Martha, Rojo; Gustavo
Art direction: Zetina; Sofía
Participation year at FICM: 2007

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