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
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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Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
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