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2011 | Color | 2 min 25 seg

Characters from various fables are not what you would expect them to be. A canary, a pig and a turtle state their own hopes and dreams. Despite being in stories that are already written, they choose to be whatever they want to be and change the parts they are supposed to play.


Country: México
Direction: Ríos; Alejandro
Script: Gaviño; Marco, Maldonado; Carlos, Ríos; Alejandro
Production: Gaviño; Marco
Sound: Ríos; Alejandro
Music: Maldonado; Carlos
Participation year at FICM: 2011

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