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2009 | Color | 1h 20

This is the story of Dolores Sántiz, Pascuala Díaz, Floriano Enrique “Ronyk” and Flavio Jiménez, all from different ethnic groups in Chiapas, as they leave the community where they were born and migrate to the city. Here they must struggle to achieve their dream of having a dignified and just life. They must also search for recognition in their new community,
with all its problems, and create a new identity for themselves, one that symbolizes a sense of pride


Country: México
Direction: López; Pedro Daniel
Script: López; Pedro Daniel
Production: Sántiz Gómez; Dolores, López; Pedro Daniel
Photography: Monroy Cuevas; Cecilia, López; Pedro Daniel
Sound: López Pérez; Manuel, Fernández; Pablo
Music: Martínez; Damián
Cast:Sántiz Gómez; Dolores, Jiménez Alfonso; Flaviano, Enrique Hernández Cruz “ronyk”; Floriano, Díaz Gómez; Pascuala
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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