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2021 | B/N | 11:33

A woman, now a resident of the United States (Yalitza Aparicio), takes her newborn baby to meet her family in Mexico. They must participate in an ancient ritual in the middle of the forest in which they discover that they are inevitably connected to the power of their female lineage.


Direction: Schroeder; Faride
Script: Acosta; Karen, Muñoz; Mario, Schroeder; Faride
Production: Schroeder; Faride, Muñoz; Mario
Photography: Gaeta; Bruno
Sound: Greiner; Enrique
Music: Heiblum ; Leonardo
Cast:Aparicio; Yalitza, Heredia; Dolores
Art direction: Ávila; Erika
Participation year at FICM: 2021

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