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2017 | Color | 19:00

After the death of her son, Nico gets trapped between nightmares and melancholy. One morning, waking from a bad dream, she decides to go to the beach to fulfill a promise she made before losing him. But when she arrives, a mysterious child makes her confront her fears, tenderness, burdens, and nostalgia.


Direction: Sosa Gil; Luis Armando
Script: Sosa Gil; Luis Armando
Production: Sosa; Sandra, Sosa; Juan, Esquiliano Slim; Carime, Rosaslanda; Ignacio, Sosa; Adriana
Photography: del Rosal; Efrén
Sound: Carlos Cortés; Amelia Vega
Music: Carrillo; Javier, Estrada; Jairo, Mattea Holtzinger
Cast:Álvarez; Mattea, Farias; Arath
Art direction: Guliana Foppiani
Participation year at FICM: 2017

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