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2003 | Color | 76 min

The Passion of María Elena. The son of María Elena, a Rarámuri woman from the Tarahumara mountains, is killed when he is run over by a white woman who is declared not responsible. Because of this María Elena moves to the city of Chihuahua. María Elena has her own way of ordering the world so as to get on with her life


Country: México
Direction: Moncada Rodríguez; Mercedes
Script: Moncada Rodríguez; Mercedes
Production: Moncada Rodríguez; Mercedes, Morón Tejero; Javier
Photography: Morón Tejero; Javier
Sound: Larson; Samuel
Music: Café Tacuba;, Chávez; Martín, Larson; Samuel
Participation year at FICM: 2003

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