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2013 | B/N | 20:34 min

This is a fictional portrait of a real person. Nicolás Carrillo Castro was the pianist at the music museum in the abandoned village El Triunfo. He played the piano there until the day he died. This short film is a fictional portrait of the village itself through the character of Nicolás, the life story that Nicolás invented for himself, the contrast between beauty and abandonment visible throughout the whole village and the moment Nicolás died.


Country: México
Direction: Peña Ríos; Baltazar
Script: Peña Ríos; Baltazar
Production: Núñez; César, Peña Ríos; Baltazar, Rousseau; Pauline
Photography: Bernal; Susana
Sound: Villaseñor; Majo, Rousseau; Pauline
Music: Carrillo Castro; Nicolás, Van Beethoven; Ludwig
Cast:Carrillo Castro; Nicolás, del pueblo; Habitantes
Art direction: Güereña Cosío; Rodrigo, López Ochoa; Juan José
Participation year at FICM: 2013

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