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Fuego en el cielo
2022 | Color | 12:56

In the Purépecha community of Paracho, the Torres family gathers periodically to build enormous flying balloons, to which they dedicate weeks of labor, with the only goal of, together, liberating the bad emotions that accumulate over time.


Country: México
Direction: Rentería Garnica; Mariano
Script: Rentería Garnica; Mariano
Production: González Benavides; Javier
Photography: Rentería Garnica; Mariano
Sound: Mendivil; Mariana
Music: Rojas; Irepan
Participation year at FICM: 2022

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