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2003 | Color | 11 min

Old and deaf, burdened by her age, family life and a precarious market stall, Catita lives in a strange world of silence, buzzing and crackling. Her destiny changes when she is told that UFOS from outer space have been discovered flying through the city skies


Country: México
Direction: Tort; Gerardo
Script: Stavenhagen; Marina
Production: Tort; Gerardo
Photography: Ortega; Héctor
Sound: Condado; Jorge
Music: Álvarez León; Ismael
Cast:Martínez; Justo, Morett; Gina, Peláez; Angelina, Murguía; Ana Ofelia, Sánchez Parra; Gustavo
Art direction: Cabriada; Sandra
Participation year at FICM: 2006

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