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2009 | Color | 1h 32 min

This is the story of the sexual awakening of Mingo, a young man with a certain level of mental disability, charismatic and an imaginative poet. His new condition as a lover makes him popular but it also causes problems. Little by little, the plot unveils the false morality of a town blinded by its prejudices.


Country: México
Direction: Ruiz Ibáñez; Jaime
Script: Ruiz Ibáñez; Jaime
Production: Ávila; Erika, Casas; Armando, Fiesco; Roberto
Photography: Ramírez Corona; Alejandro
Sound: Vázquez Sánchez; Enrique, Molina; Miguel Ángel
Music: Rosas; Armando
Cast:Ramírez; Hansel, Salazar; Susana, Guadalupe; Ignacio, Cavazos; Lumi, Adalid; Raúl, Espinoza; Isaura, Larios; Lazua, Martíne; Eugenio, Huertas; Luisa, Gaitán; Paulina, Becerril; Fernando, Guevara; Ana Karina
Art direction: Ovando; Lola
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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