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2015 | Color | 13:00

A doctor receives a call late at night. His neighbors have had a terrible accident and are asking him to go. He accepts. As he enters the kitchen he sees a wounded young man lying on the floor. Alvaro, his neighbor, is pointing a riffle at the young man who apparently broke in. He is really wounded. Alvaro wants to help. The doctor refuses to attend him. He is a thief. Death floats in the kitchen and a moral conflict arises.


Country: México
Direction: Arriaga; Mariana
Script: Arriaga; Guillermo
Production: Arriaga; Mariana, Salomón; Jacobo
Photography: Montero; Leslie
Sound: Hernández; Fabián, Umpierrez; Javier
Music: Toussaint; Jan, Varú; Omar, Rodríguez López; Omar
Cast:Mandoza; Lilia, Rojas; Patricia, Echevarría; Emilio, Isaac; Mauricio, Zapata; Marco
Art direction: Palau; Nuria
Participation year at FICM: 2015

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