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1935 | B/N | 92:00

An unbalanced doctor, obsessed with finding a cure for a mysterious disease, experiments with his patients, who die one by one as a result of his medical failures. Desperate, he takes his son on an expedition to faraway lands in order to study native medicine. Eight years later, he returns without his son, accompanied instead by a strange man in a white mask.


Country: México
Direction: Bustillo Oro; Juan
Script: Bustillo Oro; Juan
Production: Monroy; Alberto, Alcalde; José
Photography: Jiménez; Agustín
Sound: Ruiz Esparza; Rafael
Music: Ruiz; Federico
Cast:Ramos; Beatriz, Arenas; Miguel, Cardona; René, Busquets; Joaquín, Villarías; Carlos, Ortiz; Natalia
Art direction: Toussaint; Carlos
Participation year at FICM: 2015

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