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1934 | B/N | 56 min

Zirahuén, a fisherman from Pátzcuaro lake in Michoacán, confronts speculators who want to take over his territory. The plot thickens when Zirahuén is incarcerated by order of Manuel, who?s after Eréndira, the fisherman´s girlfriend


Country: México
Direction: Navarro; Carlos
Script: O’quigley; Roberto, Márques; Luis
Production: Peralta H.; Crisóforo
Photography: Draper; Jack
Sound: B. Carles; José
Music: Domínguez; Francisco
Cast:Valdés; Adela, Teresa Orozco; María, de Flores; Felipe, Langler; Max, González; Gilberto, Fernández; Emilio
Art direction: Rodríguez Granada; José
Participation year at FICM: 2004

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Zirahuén, an indigenous fisherman from Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacán, struggles to defend his territory from outside fishers. Meanwhile, Manuel, a mestizo from the city, tries to seduce Eréndira, Ziráhuen’s girlfriend, ignoring the town’s strict traditional laws—which will bring the protagonists to a disastrous resolution.

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