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2008 | Color | 10min

This is the story of Lola, a transvestite living in a small community in Mexico. One day, her niece asks her to be her Godmother for her Communion. Lola has to decide whether to appear as a man or as a woman.


Country: México
Direction: Ruiz; Tavo
Script: Ruiz; Tavo
Production: Martínez; Carlos
Photography: Mariscal; Sergio
Sound: Rocha; Ivette
Music: Mariscal; Pedro
Cast:Tello; Fabricio, Cuevas; Mara, Olmos; Adriana, Siordia; Luis, Guadalupe; Ignacio
Art direction: Plata; Jessica
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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