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2003 | Color | 29 min 21 seg

The spirit of money is found by a young Indian from Zinacantán in the form of a ring. The white men from San Cristóbal try desperately to steal the ring and seize the spirit.


Country: México
Direction: Coello; Antonio
Script: de la Torre; Juan Benito
Production: Coello; Antonio
Photography: Ramos; Edith
Sound: Villalobos; Daniel
Music: Ameneyro;, Músicos Tradicionales de Zinacantán;
Cast:de la Torre; Mariano, González; Fernando, Argüello; Anaí, Orduña; Jesús, Hidalgo; Paco, Vieyra; Víctor, Cruz; Julio César
Art direction: Vieyra; Víctor, Hernández; José Leopoldo
Participation year at FICM: 2004

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