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2014 | Color | 94

On a night like any other, Gustavo, Elvira's husband, goes out to buy a pack of cigarettes. He never comes back. Elvira, a forty-year-old mother of two, begins a tireless search for the love of her life. The clues lead her to conclude that her husband has been having a relationship on the side. Still, the unfortunate discovery won't stand in the way of her mission to find him.


Country: México
Direction: Caro; Manolo
Script: Caro; Manolo
Production: Pérez; Carla, Ley; Rafael
Photography: Londono; Mateo
Sound: de Icaza; Alejandro
Music: Chemor; Pablo, Barreiro; Tomás
Cast:Méndez; Luis Gerardo, Suárez; Cecilia, Bardem; Carlos, Cepeda; Angie, Bauche; Vanessa
Art direction: Guerrero; Fernanda
Participation year at FICM: 2014

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