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2008 | Color | 1h 40 min

Hoping to improve their lives, men migrate without realizing that they destroy what they want to save: their families. This is the story of Diamantina and Araceli, two young women from Oaxaca whose men leave for the north in search of a better life. When they return to the village, nothing is the same anymore.


Country: México
Direction: Pérez Solano; Jorge
Script: Pérez Solano; Jorge
Production: Casas; Armando, Alonso; Daniel, Fiesco; Roberto
Photography: Gutiérrez Miranda; César
Sound: Galaz; Galileo
Music: Luengas; Rubén
Cast:Rodríguez; Xochiquetzal, Larios; Lazua, del Monte; Mayahuel, Alonso; Leonardo, Santander; Eduardo, Sosa Rodríguez; Roberto, Clavel; Aurora, Sérbulo; Mayra, Cruz; Angeles, Torres; Harold, Hernández; Noé, Columba;
Art direction: Aguilar; Bertha
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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