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La huella de unos labios
2023 | Color | 80:32

Román, a B-movie actor, is isolated in his apartment as a pandemic keeps the world on edge. Aldo, a young indigenous man, is an essential worker authorized to come and go. The two men live across from each other in an apartment complex. Meeting online, they are able to talk and even see each other in video calls, but not in person. Eventually, they find themselves tempted to break out of lockdown.


Country: México
Direction: Hernández; Julián
Script: Hernández de Anda; Gustavo, Hernández; Julián
Production: Fiesco; Roberto, Reyes Chávez; Iliana
Photography: Romero Rodríguez; Ariana
Sound: Juárez Espino; Omar, Hernández Topillo; Misael, Narváez del Valle; Armando
Music: Villela Vega; Arturo
Cast:Catalán; Hugo, Rico; Mauricio, Vegas; Luis
Art direction: Ángel Tavera; Miguel
Participation year at FICM: 2023

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