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2018 | Color | 14:36

After mutilating his face in a machine accident, Ismael, a lonely factory worker, struggles with his identity, his dreams and his memories.


Direction: Cuevas de Chaunac; Axel
Script: Cuevas de Chaunac; Axel
Production: Cuevas de Chaunac; Axel, Sears; Isaiah, Núñez; Eréndira
Photography: Herrera Salcedo; Alfonso
Sound: Hainaut; Romain, Rothrock; Bryan, Leon; Alejandro, Lavalle; Ricardo, Cuevas de Chaunac; Axel
Music: Martinez de La Grange; Victor
Cast:Zinnato; Stephen, Keirnes; Charles, Keirnes; Spencer, Keirnes; Eva
Art direction: Cuevas de Chaunac; Axel
Participation year at FICM: 2018

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